CVE-2018-16261 — Improper Certificate Validation in Pulse Secure Desktop Client

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation3 documents3 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 91.45%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Pulsesecure Pulse Secure Desktop Client
Timeline
PublishedSep 6
Latest updateMay 13

Description

In Pulse Secure Pulse Desktop Client 5.3RX before 5.3R5 and 9.0R1, there is a Privilege Escalation Vulnerability with Dynamic Certificate Trust.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 0.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-h8h6-xj3r-5rq7: In Pulse Secure Pulse Desktop Client 5↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2018-16261: In Pulse Secure Pulse Desktop Client 5↗2018-09-06
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CVE-2018-16261 — Improper Certificate Validation | cvebase