CVE-2019-11510

critical

Description

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 .

From the Tenable Blog

CVE-2019-11510: Critical Pulse Connect Secure Vulnerability Used in Sodinokibi Ransomware Attacks

CVE-2019-11510: Critical Pulse Connect Secure Vulnerability Used in Sodinokibi Ransomware Attacks

Published: 2020-01-07

Recent rash of ransomware attacks are leveraging an eight-month-old flaw in a popular SSL VPN solution used by large organizations and governments around the world.

CVE-2018-13379, CVE-2019-11510: FortiGate and Pulse Connect Secure Vulnerabilities Exploited In the Wild

CVE-2018-13379, CVE-2019-11510: FortiGate and Pulse Connect Secure Vulnerabilities Exploited In the Wild

Published: 2019-08-27

Attackers are exploiting arbitrary file disclosure vulnerabilities in popular SSL VPNs from Fortinet and PulseSecure.

CVE-2019-11510: Proof of Concept Available for Arbitrary File Disclosure in Pulse Connect Secure

CVE-2019-11510: Proof of Concept Available for Arbitrary File Disclosure in Pulse Connect Secure

Published: 2019-08-21

A proof of concept has been made public for CVE-2019-11510, an arbitrary file disclosure vulnerability found in popular virtual private network software, Pulse Connect Secure.

References

https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927237

https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0010

https://i.blackhat.com/USA-19/Wednesday/us-19-Tsai-Infiltrating-Corporate-Intranet-Like-NSA.pdf

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154231/Pulse-Secure-SSL-VPN-File-Disclosure-NSE.html

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-indicts-black-kingdom-ransomware-admin-for-microsoft-exchange-attacks/

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa24-317a

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-215a

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https://www.tenable.com/blog/aa23-215a-2022s-top-routinely-exploited-vulnerabilities

https://www.tenable.com/blog/cisa-top-20-cves-exploited-peoples-republic-of-china-state-sponsored-actors-aa22-279a

https://www.tenable.com/blog/government-advisories-warn-of-apt-activity-resulting-from-russian-invasion-of-ukraine

https://www.tenable.com/blog/one-year-later-what-can-we-learn-from-zerologon

https://www.tenable.com/blog/healthcare-security-ransomware-plays-a-prominent-role-in-covid-19-era-breaches

https://www.tenable.com/blog/government-agencies-warn-of-state-sponsored-actors-exploiting-publicly-known-vulnerabilities

https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2020-5135-critical-sonicwall-vpn-portal-stack-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability

https://www.tenable.com/blog/us-cybersecurity-agency-cisa-alert-foreign-threat-actors-target-unpatched-vulnerabilities

https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2019-11510-critical-pulse-connect-secure-vulnerability-used-in-sodinokibi-ransomware

https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2018-13379-cve-2019-11510-fortigate-and-pulse-connect-secure-vulnerabilities-exploited-in

https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2020-2021-palo-alto-networks-pan-os-vulnerable-to-critical-authentication-bypass

https://www.tenable.com/blog/how-covid-19-response-is-expanding-the-cyberattack-surface

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff5fa1837b6bd1b24d18a42faa75e165a4573dbe2d434910c15fd08a%40%3Cuser.guacamole.apache.org%3E

https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101/

https://kb.pulsesecure.net/?atype=sa

https://devco.re/blog/2019/09/02/attacking-ssl-vpn-part-3-the-golden-Pulse-Secure-ssl-vpn-rce-chain-with-Twitter-as-case-study/

https://badpackets.net/over-14500-pulse-secure-vpn-endpoints-vulnerable-to-cve-2019-11510/

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108073

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154176/Pulse-Secure-SSL-VPN-8.1R15.1-8.2-8.3-9.0-Arbitrary-File-Disclosure.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-05-08

Updated: 2025-04-03

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.94447