6.8med
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 T…
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
6.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.2%
percentile 10%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
In Pulse Secure Pulse Desktop Client 5.3RX before 5.3R5 and 9.0R1, there is a Privilege Escalation Vulnerability with Dynamic Certificate Trust.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.20% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 6.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation
References
- kb.pulsesecure.net /articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA43877 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-16261
- NVD: CVE-2018-16261
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