CVE-2000-0244 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Citrix ICA (Independent Computing Architecture) protocol uses weak encryption (XOR) for user authentication.

Published: 2000-04-12

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 2.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:citrix:metaframe:::windows_2000:::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:citrix:metaframe:::windows_nt_4.0_tse:::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:citrix:metaframe:1.0::unix:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:citrix:winframe:3.5_1.8_for_windows_nt:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0243	The Citrix ICA (Independent Computing Architecture) protocol uses weak encryption (XOR) for user authentication.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02731.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1077
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.BSO.4.20.0003290949280.2640-100000%40naughty.monkey.org

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Citrix Metaframe Winframe

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-04-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:14:20.552Z

Reserved: 2000-04-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0244

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-03-29T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-0244

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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