Pulse Connect Secure
CVE-2020-11582
HIGH
Severity by source
AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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1DescriptionNVD
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, launches a TCP server that accepts local connections on a random port. This can be reached by local HTTP clients, because up to 25 invalid lines are ignored, and because DNS rebinding can occur. (This server accepts, for example, a setcookie command that might be relevant to CVE-2020-11581 exploitation.)
AnalysisAI
An issue was discovered in Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) through 2020-04-06. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere (CWE-668), which allows attackers to access resources from an unintended security context. 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, launches a TCP server that accepts local connections on a random port. This can be reached by local HTTP clients, because up to 25 invalid lines are ignored, and because DNS rebinding can occur. (This server accepts, for example, a setcookie command that might be relevant to CVE-2020-11581 exploitation.) Affected products include: Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure, Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure. Version information: through 2020.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implement proper access controls, validate resource access permissions, use security boundaries.
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