CVE-2020-11581
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CVE-2020-11581 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 8.1/10 on the CVSS scale. An issue was discovered in Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) through 2020-04-06. The applet in tncc.jar, executed on macOS, Linux, and Solaris clients when a Host Checker policy is enforced, allows a man-in-the-middle attacker to perform OS command injection attacks (against a client) via shell metacharacters to the doCustomRemediateInstructions method, because Runtime.getRuntime().exec() is used.. EPSS estimates a 9.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
An issue was discovered in Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) through 2020-04-06. The applet in tncc.jar, executed on macOS, Linux, and Solaris clients when a Host Checker policy is enforced, allows a man-in-the-middle attacker to perform OS command injection attacks (against a client) via shell metacharacters to the doCustomRemediateInstructions method, because Runtime.getRuntime().exec() is used.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Pulsesecure | Pulse Connect Secure | <= 2020-04-06 |
| Pulsesecure | Pulse Policy Secure | All versions |
References
- https://git.lsd.cat/g/pulse-host-checker-rceExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.lsd.cat/g/pulse-host-checker-rceExploit, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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