CVE-2020-8240
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-10-28 12:41
Modified
2024-08-04 09:56
Severity ?
Summary
A vulnerability in the Pulse Secure Desktop Client < 9.1R9 allows a restricted user on an endpoint machine can use system-level privileges if the Embedded Browser is configured with Credential Provider. This vulnerability only affects Windows PDC if the Embedded Browser is configured with the Credential Provider.
References
support@hackerone.comhttps://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44601Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44601Vendor Advisory
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