Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure up to 8.1R15.0/8.2R12.0/8.3R7.0/9.0R3.3 Permission permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure up to 8.1R15.0/8.2R12.0/8.3R7.0/9.0R3.3. This affects an unknown function of the component Permission. The manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2019-11510. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure up to 8.1R15.0/8.2R12.0/8.3R7.0/9.0R3.3 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Permission. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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 .

The bug was discovered 04/24/2019. The weakness was presented 05/08/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.pulsesecure.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-11510 since 04/24/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1222 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by Orange Tsai and been published 4 months after the advisory. The exploit is available at hackerone.com. It is declared as attacked. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 14 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 11/03/2021 with a due date of 05/03/2022:

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Upgrading to version 8.1R15.1, 8.2R12.1, 8.3R7.1 or 9.0R3.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (47297). See VDB-134481, VDB-134482 and VDB-135867 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.6

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Attacked
Author: Orange Tsai
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Pulse Connect Secure 8.1R15.1/8.2R12.1/8.3R7.1/9.0R3.4

Timelineinfo

04/24/2019 🔍
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05/08/2019 +14 days 🔍
05/09/2019 +1 days 🔍
08/10/2019 +93 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 154176
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2019-11510 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-11510
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-134483
SecurityFocus: 108073

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/09/2019 06:59
Updated: 12/17/2025 19:09
Changes: 05/09/2019 06:59 (64), 08/01/2020 19:05 (2), 09/15/2023 08:34 (5), 09/15/2023 08:35 (12), 04/20/2024 15:41 (28), 07/08/2024 19:21 (1), 07/25/2024 18:39 (1), 09/09/2024 22:29 (1), 08/02/2025 18:02 (3), 11/06/2025 17:58 (1), 12/17/2025 19:09 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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Discussion

 rochevm (+1)
7 years ago
There is an exploit for this one - https://hackerone.com/reports/591295
 VulDB Community Team7 years ago
please use edit feature next time

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