Session hijacking in Citrix NetScaler - CVE-2016-9028
Published: November 2, 2016 / Updated: November 3, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU1136
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9028
CWE-ID: CWE-592
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated user to hijack the target user's session.
The weakness is due to unathorized redirect in the AAA for Traffic Management (AAA-TM) flow that allows a remote attackers to gain the session cookies and hijack the valid user's session.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability leads to session steal.
The weakness is due to unathorized redirect in the AAA for Traffic Management (AAA-TM) flow that allows a remote attackers to gain the session cookies and hijack the valid user's session.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability leads to session steal.
Affected software
Citrix NetScaler
How to mitigate CVE-2016-9028
Update to version 10.1 Build 135.8, 10.5 Build 61.11, 11.0 Build 65.31/65.35F.