CVE-2016-3985 — The Terminal Services Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) client session restrictions feature in Pulse Connect Secure (aka PCS) 8.1R7 and 8.2R1 allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via unspecified vectors

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The Terminal Services Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) client session restrictions feature in Pulse Connect Secure (aka PCS) 8.1R7 and 8.2R1 allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via unspecified vectors

Published Apr 8, 2016

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.22%

Description

The Terminal Services Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) client session restrictions feature in Pulse Connect Secure (aka PCS) 8.1R7 and 8.2R1 allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.22% 0.01219

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01219

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 (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.22% (0.01219)	67.55th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.22% (0.01219)	64.58th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.14% (0.00140)	31.39th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.09% (0.00088)	39.59th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.09% (0.00090)	37.59th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.08% (0.00076)	30.52th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.09% (0.00088)	36.16th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-284

References (2)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035129
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40166
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035129		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40166		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 8, 2016

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Apr 8, 2016

Link CVE-2016-3985

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-3985

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2016-3985