Citrix Workspace App 1912



Current Description. Citrix Workspace App before 1912 on Windows has Insecure Permissions and an Unquoted Path vulnerability which allows local users to gain privileges during the uninstallation of the application. This article is intended for Citrix administrators and technical teams only. Non-admin users must contact their company’s Help Desk/IT support team and can refer to CTX297149 for more information. Applications and Published Desktops launched with HTML5 client might fail. Users see 'Error: Citrix Workspace app cannot launch app'.

  1. Redistributable installer. The Citrix Workspace app installer checks whether the Microsoft VisualCRedistributablepackageispresentonthesystemduringtheinstallationandinstalls it if necessary. Citrix Workspace app Version 1912 and later requires Microsoft Visual C RedistributableVersion7.4orlater.
  2. With the release cycle and cadence in consideration, Citrix is omitting Citrix Embedded Browser from the Workspace app 1912 LTSR for Windows. This removal of the embedded browser is to ensure product predictability due to the fact that the Embedded Browser needs updated on a.
  3. The documentation for the Long Term Service Release (LTSR) version of Citrix Workspace app 1912 for Windows is available at Citrix Workspace app LTSR for Windows. For more information about the lifecycles of CRs and LTSRs, see Lifecycle Milestones for Citrix Workspace app.
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Applicable Products

  • Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
  • Receiver

Symptoms or Error

Citrix Workspace App 1912 For Windows

Unable to install Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent 7.15 CU5 on a Windows 10 machine that has Citrix Workspace App 1912 CU2 already installed.

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Solution

If Citrix Workspace App 19.12 CU2 was already installed and VDA continues to fail on install follow these steps:
  1. Uninstall Citrix Workspace App (If already installed, skip to step 3 if not)
  2. Reboot
  3. Install Citrix Workspace App
  4. Reboot
  5. Proceed to install VDA 7.15 CU5
  6. Successful Installation

Problem Cause