CVE-2020-8239

Critical

Description

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductPulsesecure Pulse Secure Desktop Client
PublishedOct 28, 2020
First seenOct 28, 2020

How to fix

Update
  • pulsesecure pulse_secure_desktop_client9.1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
pulsesecure pulse_secure_desktop_clientv < 9.1, 9.19.1

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