cve-2020-8239
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-10-28 12:46
Modified
2024-08-04 09:56
Severity ?
Summary
A vulnerability in the Pulse Secure Desktop Client < 9.1R9 is vulnerable to the client registry privilege escalation attack. This fix also requires Server Side Upgrade due to Standalone Host Checker Client (Windows) and Windows PDC.
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
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Pulse Secure Desktop Cient Version: 9.1R9
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