Pulse Connect Secure < 9.1R8 (SA44516)

high Nessus Plugin ID 139225

Synopsis

The remote device is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the version of Pulse Connect Secure running on the remote host is prior to 9.1R8. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

- An attacker can bypass the Google TOTP, if the primary credentials are exposed to attacker (CVE-2020-8206).

- An authenticated attacker via the admin web interface can crafted URI to perform an arbitrary code execution (CVE-2020-8218).

- An authenticated attacker via the administrator web interface can read arbitrary files (CVE-2020-8221).

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Pulse Connect Secure version 9.1R8 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f4f18332

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 139225

File Name: pulse_connect_secure-sa-44516.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 7/31/2020

Updated: 4/25/2023

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8206

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Pulse Connect Secure

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/27/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/27/2020

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 9/7/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12880, CVE-2020-15408, CVE-2020-8204, CVE-2020-8206, CVE-2020-8216, CVE-2020-8217, CVE-2020-8218, CVE-2020-8219, CVE-2020-8220, CVE-2020-8221, CVE-2020-8222

IAVA: 2020-A-0347-S