CVE-2019-11508

Public Exploit

Description

In Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) before 8.1R15.1, 8.2 before 8.2R12.1, 8.3 before 8.3R7.1, and 9.0 before 9.0R3.4, an authenticated attacker (via the admin web interface) can exploit Directory Traversal to execute arbitrary code on the appliance.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 6.01% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory pulsesecure.net Vendor Advisory pulsesecure.net
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/?atype=sa third party advisory vendor advisory
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101/ patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108073 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0010 third party advisory
https://i.blackhat.com/USA-19/Wednesday/us-19-Tsai-Infiltrating-Corporate-Intranet-Like-NSA.pdf third party advisory exploit
https://devco.re/blog/2019/09/02/attacking-ssl-vpn-part-3-the-golden-Pulse-Secure-ssl-vpn-rce-chain-with-Twitter-as-case-study/ third party advisory exploit
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927237 third party advisory us government resource

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-11508?
CVE-2019-11508 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-11508?
To fix CVE-2019-11508, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-11508 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-11508 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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