CVE-2024-8068: Technical Deep-Dive (Auto Refreshed)

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Executive Technical Summary

Privilege escalation to NetworkService Account access in Citrix Session Recording when an attacker is an authenticated user in the same Windows Active Directory domain as the session recording server domain

• Context preserved from previous revision: Privilege escalation to NetworkService Account access in Citrix Session Recording when an attacker is an authenticated user in the same Windows Active Directory domain as the session recording server domain 1. Use only isolated environments and systems you own or are explicitly authorized to test.

Technical Details

• CVE: CVE-2024-8068
• KEV date added: 2025-08-25
• KEV due date: 2025-09-15
• NVD published: 2024-11-12
• NVD modified: 2025-10-24
• MITRE modified: 2025-10-21
• CVSS base score: 8
• CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
• CVSS exploitability score: 2.1
• CVSS impact score: 5.9
• Attack vector: Adjacent
• Attack complexity: Low
• Privileges required: Low
• User interaction: None
• Scope: Unchanged
• Confidentiality impact: High
• Integrity impact: High
• Availability impact: High

Versions and Products Impacted

• citrix / session recording (versions: < 2407)
• citrix / session recording (versions: 1912)
• citrix / session recording (versions: 2203)
• citrix / session recording (versions: 2402)
• citrix / session recording (versions: 2407)
• Citrix / Citrix Session Recording (versions: 2407 Current Release, 1912 LTSR, 2203 LTSR, 2402 LTSR)

Weakness Classification

• CWE-269

Repositories for Lab Validation (Public Examples)

• mdiqbalahmad/cve-2024-8069-exp-Citrix-Virtual-Apps-XEN | stars: 0 | updated: 2024-12-28 | https://github.com/mdiqbalahmad/cve-2024-8069-exp-Citrix-Virtual-Apps-XEN
  Notes: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (XEN) Unauthenticated RCE

People and Organizations Mentioned

• Citrix
• Session Recording
• mdiqbalahmad

Practical Defensive Validation (Authorized Only)

1. Use only isolated environments and systems you own or are explicitly authorized to test.
2. Snapshot infrastructure before validation and preserve baseline logs (EDR, SIEM, OS, app).
3. Create low-privilege users on citrix / session recording (versions: < 2407) and validate that patching blocks unauthorized admin-level actions.
4. Compare token/privilege transitions in Windows Event Logs before and after remediation.
5. Tune detections for unusual group membership changes and SYSTEM-level process launches from user sessions.

References

• NVD record: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8068
• MITRE CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8068
• CISA KEV Catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
• CISA KEV JSON feed: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json
• KEV notes: https://support.citrix.com/external/article/691941/citrix-session-recording-security-bullet.html ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8068
• https://support.citrix.com/s/article/CTX691941-citrix-session-recording-security-bulletin-for-cve20248068-and-cve20248069?language=en_US
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-8068
• Repository example: https://github.com/mdiqbalahmad/cve-2024-8069-exp-Citrix-Virtual-Apps-XEN

This content is for defensive security training and authorized validation only.