Medium severity · published Sep 6, 2018
CVE-2018-16261
In Pulse Secure Pulse Desktop Client 5.3RX before 5.3R5 and 9.0R1, there is a Privilege Escalation Vulnerability with Dynamic Certificate Trust
6.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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:H
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 10% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PS
Pulse Secure Desktop Client · Pulsesecure
5.3r1; 5.3r1.1; 5.3r2; 5.3r3; 5.3r4; 5.3r4.1; +3 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16261
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16261
Vendor Advisory
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA43877
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