CVE-2016-2408 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Pulse Secure Desktop before 5.2R2 and Pulse Secure Installer Service before 8.2R2 and below for Windows. This flaw allows a restricted user to gain elevated privileges through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), it poses a significant risk, enabling high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.6r16.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:odyssey_access_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0r1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.0r1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0r2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.0r2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0r3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.0r3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0r3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.0r3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.