CVE-2020-8239 is a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Pulse Secure Desktop Client versions prior to 9.1R9. This flaw, with a CVSS score of 9.8, allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges due to a client registry issue. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the high severity warrants immediate patching of both client and server-side components.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* | ||
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:9.1:r1:*:*:*:linux:*:* | ||
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:9.1:r2:*:*:*:linux:*:* | ||
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:9.1:r3:*:*:*:linux:*:* | ||
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:9.1:r3.1:*:*:*:linux:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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