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Citrix Security Threats Unveiled: Remediation Strategies Explained

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Learn about Citrix security vulnerabilities and practical remediation strategies to safeguard your systems. Delve into demos and potential threats presented by security expert Shanit Gupta.

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Citrix Security Threats Unveiled: Remediation Strategies Explained

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  1. Got Citrix? Hack IT! Shanit Gupta February 16, 2008

  2. Who Am I? • Senior Security Consultant – Foundstone Professional Services • Code Review / Threat Modeling / Application Security • Masters from Carnegie Mellon

  3. Agenda • Background • Demo 1: Kiosk Mode • Demo 2: Unauthenticated Access • Demo 3: (Un)Hidden Hotkeys • Demo 4: Restricted Desktop Access • Demo 5: Attack Microsoft Office • Remediation Measures

  4. What / How do I know about Citrix?

  5. False Sense of Security

  6. Demo1: Kiosk Mode

  7. Demo1: Kiosk Mode (Attack Vectors) • Ctrl + h – View History • Ctrl + n – New Browser • Shift + Left Click – New Browser • Ctrl + o – Internet Address (browse feature) • Ctrl + p – Print (to file) • Right Click (Shift + F10) • Save Image As • View Source • F1 – Jump to URL… • Browse to http://download.insecure.org/nmap/dist/nmap-4.53-setup.exe

  8. I Hope You Are Patching  *Source: http://secunia.com

  9. Demo 2: Unauthenticated Access • 9 publicly accessible exploits 2007 – 08 • Particularly interesting • Citrix Presentation Server IMA Service Buffer Overflow Vulnerability • Social Engineering: Malicious ICA files

  10. Demo 2: Unauthenticated Access • Good Old Brute Force • One account is all you need • I am sure you are using 2 factor authentication ;-)

  11. Demo3: (Un)Hidden Hotkeys • SHIFT+F1: Local Task List • SHIFT+F2: Toggle Title Bar • SHIFT+F3: Close Remote Application • CTRL+F1: Displays Windows Security Desktop – Ctrl+Alt+Del • CTRL+F2: Remote Task List • CTRL+F3: Remote Task Manager – Ctrl+Shift+ESC • ALT+F2: Cycle through programs • ALT+PLUS: Alt+TAB • ALT+MINUS: ALT+SHIFT+TAB

  12. Demo4: Restricted Desktop

  13. Demo4: Restricted Desktop • Shortcut to C:\ • Create Batch File • CMD.exe • Host Scripting File (filename.vbs) • Set objApp = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") • objApp.Run “CMD C:\“

  14. Demo5: Attack Microsoft Office • File->Save As • Browse Files and Launch CMD.exe • Press F1 • Search Microsoft • Click Suites Home Page • Macros • Remote Shell • Privilege Escalation

  15. Remediation Strategies • 1300 different registry settings • It is HARD!

  16. Remediation Strategies • Lock Down Tools • Commercial • Freeware • http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/lockdown.html

  17. Questions or Concerns?

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