pulsesecure pulse-connect-secure CVE-2019-11510 in Pulse Secure and Ivanti Products
Published on May 8, 2019

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In Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) 8.2 before 8.2R12.1, 8.3 before 8.3R7.1, and 9.0 before 9.0R3.4, an unauthenticated remote attacker can send a specially crafted URI to perform an arbitrary file reading vulnerability .

NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Pulse Connect Secure VPN arbitrary file reading vulnerability (COVID-19-CTI list) is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. An unauthenticated remote attacker can send a specially crafted URI to perform an arbitrary file reading vulnerability.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by April 23, 2021: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Weakness Type

What is a Directory traversal Vulnerability?

The software uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the software does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

CVE-2019-11510 has been classified to as a Directory traversal vulnerability or weakness.


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Exploit Probability

EPSS
94.46%
Percentile
99.99%

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