HIGH
Pulse Secure Desktop before 5.2R2 and Pulse Secure Installer Service before 8.2R2 and below for Windows allow restricted users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors
Published Aug 2, 2016
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.39%
Description
Pulse Secure Desktop before 5.2R2 and Pulse Secure Installer Service before 8.2R2 and below for Windows allow restricted users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Affected products
No data.
AND
OR
- ≤ 5.6r16.0
- 5.0r1.0
- 5.0r2.0
- 5.0r3.0
- 5.0r3.1
- 5.0r4.0
- 5.0r4.1
- 5.0r5.0
- 5.0r6.0
- 5.0r7.0
- 5.0r8.0
- 5.0r8.1
- 5.0r9.0
- 5.0r10.0
- 5.0r11.0
- 5.0r12.0
- 5.0r13.0
- 5.0r13.1
- 5.0r14.0
- 5.0r15.0
- 5.1r1.0
- 5.1r1.1
- 5.1r2.0
- 5.1r3.0
- 5.1r3.1
- 5.1r3.2
- 5.1r4.0
- 5.1r5.0
- 5.1r5.1
- 5.1r6.0
- 5.1r7.0
- 5.1r8.0
- 5.1r9.0
- 5.2r1.0
- 5.2r1.1
- 5.2r2.0
- 8.0r1.0
- 8.0r1.1
- 8.0r2.0
- 8.0r3.0
- 8.0r3.1
- 8.0r3.2
- 8.0r4.0
- 8.0r4.1
- 8.0r5.0
- 8.0r6.0
- 8.0r7.0
- 8.0r7.1
- 8.0r8.0
- 8.0r8.1
- 8.0r9.0
- 8.0r10.0
- 8.0r11.0
- 8.0r12.1
- 8.0r13.0
- 8.0r13.1
- 8.0r14.0
- 8.0r15.0
- 8.1r1.0
- 8.1r1.1
- 8.1r2.0
- 8.1r2.1
- 8.1r3.0
- 8.1r3.1
- 8.1r3.2
- 8.1r4.0
- 8.1r4.1
- 8.1r5.0
- 8.1r6.0
- 8.1r7.0
- 8.1r8.0
- 8.1r9.0
- 8.2r1.0
- 8.2r1.1
- 8.2r2.0
- 7.4r1.0
- 7.4r2.0
- 7.4r3.0
- 7.4r4.0
- 7.4r5.0
- 7.4r6.0
- 7.4r7.0
- 7.4r8.0
- 7.4r9.0
- 7.4r9.1
- 7.4r9.2
- 7.4r9.3
- 7.4r10.0
- 7.4r11.0
- 7.4r11.1
- 7.4r12.0
- 7.4r13.0
- 7.4r13.1
- 7.4r13.2
- 7.4r13.3
- 7.4r13.4
- 7.4r13.5
- 7.4r13.6
- 8.0r1.0
- 8.0r1.1
- 8.0r2.0
- 8.0r3.0
- 8.0r3.1
- 8.0r3.2
- 8.0r4.0
- 8.0r4.1
- 8.0r5.0
- 8.0r6.0
- 8.0r7.0
- 8.0r7.1
- 8.0r8.0
- 8.0r8.1
- 8.0r9.0
- 8.0r10.0
- 8.0r11.0
- 8.0r12.1
- 8.0r13.0
- 8.0r13.1
- 8.0r14.0
- 8.0r15.0
- 8.1r1.0
- 8.1r1.1
- 8.1r2.0
- 8.1r2.1
- 8.1r3.0
- 8.1r3.1
- 8.1r3.2
- 8.1r4.0
- 8.1r4.1
- 8.1r5.0
- 8.1r6.0
- 8.1r7.0
- 8.1r8.0
- 8.1r9.0
- 8.2r1.0
- 8.2r1.1
- 8.2r2.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
7.8 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.39% 0.00387
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00387
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00387) | 30.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00387) | 30.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00055) | 14.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 19, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 14.06th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 12.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (3)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92692 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036474 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40241 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MISC
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92692 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036474 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40241 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MISC |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 2, 2016
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Feb 18, 2016
Link CVE-2016-2408
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a