Ivanti Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) privilege escalation | CVE-2021-44720
NAME
Ivanti Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) privilege escalation
- Platforms Affected:
Ivanti Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) 9.1R12 - Risk Level:
9.8 - Exploitability:
Unproven - Consequences:
Gain Privileges
DESCRIPTION
Ivanti Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by storing readable administrator password in the HTML source code at “Maintenance > Push Configuration > Targets > (target Name)”. By sending a specially crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to escalate to a read-write administrative role.
CVSS 3.0 Information
- Privileges Required: None
- User Interaction: None
- Scope: Unchanged
- Access Vector: Network
- Access Complexity: Low
- Confidentiality Impact: High
- Integrity Impact: High
- Availability Impact: High
- Remediation Level: Unavailable
MITIGATION
No remedy available as of August 12, 2022.
- Reference Link:
https://gist.github.com/JGarciaSec/2060ec1c8efc1d573a1ddb754c6b4f84 - Reference Link:
https://www.pulsesecure.net
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