CVE-2020-8254

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.8
Exploit probability—
ProductPulsesecure Pulse Secure Desktop Client
PublishedOct 28, 2020
First seenOct 28, 2020
Weakness typeCWE-23CWE-23

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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