CVE-2020-8249 is a buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the Pulse Secure Desktop Client for Linux versions prior to 9.1R9. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it allows a local attacker with low privileges to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or significant community discussion has been observed.
| 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:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.