Actively exploited in the wild
Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability
Ivanti - Pulse Connect Secure · Listed in the CISA KEV since 2021-11-03. This indicates confirmed attacks in production environments.
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CVE-2019-11510
CriticalCVSS 10.0KEVSummary
A vulnerability in Pulse Connect Secure allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to read arbitrary files by sending a specially crafted URI.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can access sensitive files such as configurations, passwords, and keys, potentially leading to full system compromise.
Recommendation
Apply available security patches and restrict access to the system to trusted users only.
Other vulnerabilities in Pulse Connect Secure
See all- CVE-2017-11196High
Pulse Connect Secure 8.3R1 has a CSRF vulnerability in logout.cgi. The logout function of the admin panel is not protected by any CSRF tokens, allowing an attacker to log out a user by tricking them into visiting a malicious web page.
- CVE-2017-11193High
Pulse Connect Secure 8.3R1 has a CSRF vulnerability in the diag.cgi file, which allows commands like ping, traceroute, and nslookup to be executed. The lack of CSRF protections enables an attacker to run these commands against any IP if they can trick an admin into visiting their malicious page.
- CVE-2016-4786High
Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) versions 8.2 before 8.2r1, 8.1 before 8.1r3, 8.0 before 8.0r11, and 7.4 before 7.4r13.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unspecified vectors.
- CVE-2021-22893CriticalActively exploited
Pulse Connect Secure 9.0R3/9.1R1 and higher is vulnerable to an authentication bypass vulnerability exposed by the Windows File Share Browser and Pulse Secure Collaboration features of Pulse Connect Secure that can allow an unauthenticated user to perform remote arbitrary code execution on the Pulse Connect Secure gateway. This vulnerability has been exploited in the wild.
- CVE-2016-4787Critical
Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) versions 8.2 before 8.2r1, 8.1 before 8.1r2, 8.0 before 8.0r10, and 7.4 before 7.4r13.4 allow remote attackers to read sensitive system authentication files in an unspecified directory via unknown vectors.
Original NVD description (English source)
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 .