CVE-2020-8239 — Improper Privilege Management in Pulse Secure Desktop Client

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management3 documents3 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 37.25%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Pulsesecure Pulse Secure Desktop Client
Timeline
PublishedOct 28
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A vulnerability in the Pulse Secure Desktop Client < 9.1R9 is vulnerable to the client registry privilege escalation attack. This fix also requires Server Side Upgrade due to Standalone Host Checker Client (Windows) and Windows PDC.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-x363-jjj2-3345: A vulnerability in the Pulse Secure Desktop Client < 9↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-8239: A vulnerability in the Pulse Secure Desktop Client < 9↗2020-10-28
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