CVE-2020-8239

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 v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44601	Vendor Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client::::::linux::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:9.1:r1::::linux::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:9.1:r2::::linux::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:9.1:r3::::linux::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:9.1:r3.1::::linux::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:9.1:r4::::linux::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:9.1:r4.1::::linux::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:9.1:r4.2::::linux::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:9.1:r5::::linux::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:9.1:r6::::linux::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:9.1:r7::::linux::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:9.1:r7.1::::linux::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:9.1:r8::::linux::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:9.1:r8.2::::linux::*

Information

Published : 2020-10-28 06:15

Updated : 2021-08-17 09:35

NVD link : CVE-2020-8239

Mitre link : CVE-2020-8239

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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Products Affected

pulsesecure

pulse_secure_desktop_client

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