Vulnerability Report

CVE-2020-8254

RCE

Title: Pulse Secure Desktop Client RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2020-8254

CWE Category CWE-22

Published Date Oct 28, 2020

Modified Date Nov 21, 2024

Exploit Status Available

Score 8.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.12%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2020-8254: A vulnerability in the Pulse Secure Desktop Client < 9.1R9 has Remote Code Execution (RCE) if users can be convinced to connect to a malicious server. This vulnerability only affects Windows PDC.To improve the security of connections between Pulse clients and Pulse Connect Secure, see below recommendation(s):Disable Dynamic certificate trust for PDC.

Impacted Vendors

pulsesecure 1

Reference Links

https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44601 https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44601

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2020-8254 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

GitHub https://github.com/mbadanoiu/CVE-2020-8254

View Code

November 21, 2024 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 28, 2020 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction REQUIRED

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.