CVE-2020-12880

An issue was discovered in Pulse Policy Secure (PPS) and Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) Virtual Appliance before 9.1R8

published July 27, 2020

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
40.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An issue was discovered in Pulse Policy Secure (PPS) and Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) Virtual Appliance before 9.1R8. By manipulating a certain kernel boot parameter, it can be tricked into dropping into a root shell in a pre-install phase where the entire source code of the appliance is available and can be retrieved. (The source code is otherwise inaccessible because the appliance has its hard disks encrypted, and no root shell is available during normal operation.)

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00477 · 40.2th percentile
Published
2020-07-27T22:10Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 JUL 22:10Z
    An issue was discovered in Pulse Policy Secure (PPS) and Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) Virtual Appliance before 9.1R8
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