CVE-2025-1222

Local application privilege gain via undisclosed protection failure

Published Feb 20, 2025 · Updated Feb 20, 2025

Protection mechanism failure in Citrix Secure Access Client for Mac before 25.01.2 allows local users to gain application privileges. Citrix has not disclosed the affected component, protection check, or incorrect operation on attacker-controlled input. Local access and low privileges are required; exploitation permits arbitrary data reads and limited modification within the application's security context.

CVSS severity5.9
Medium
EPSS probability0.16%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Protection mechanism failure in Citrix Secure Access Client for Mac before 25.01.2 allows local users to gain application privileges. Citrix has not disclosed the affected component, protection check, or incorrect operation on attacker-controlled input. Local access and low privileges are required; exploitation permits arbitrary data reads and limited modification within the application's security context.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-1222
Published
Feb 20, 2025
Updated
Feb 20, 2025
Vendor
Cloud Software Group
Product
Citrix Secure Access Client for Mac
Classifications
CWE-693, T1068
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 20, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 20, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=25 <01.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Cloud Software Group · Citrix Secure Access Client for Macversion=25 <01.2

Published CVSS scores

5.9CitrixCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
6.1NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-693Protection Mechanism Failure
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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