CVE-2020-8240 - A vulnerability in the Pulse Secure Desktop Client < 9.1R9 allows a restricted user on an endpoint machine can use system-level privileges if the Embedded Browser is configured with Credential Provider

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HIGH

A vulnerability in the Pulse Secure Desktop Client < 9.1R9 allows a restricted user on an endpoint machine can use system-level privileges if the Embedded Browser is configured with Credential Provider

Published Oct 28, 2020

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.33%

Description

A vulnerability in the Pulse Secure Desktop Client < 9.1R9 allows a restricted user on an endpoint machine can use system-level privileges if the Embedded Browser is configured with Credential Provider. This vulnerability only affects Windows PDC if the Embedded Browser is configured with the Credential Provider.

Affected products

Vendor n/a Product Pulse Secure Desktop Client Default
n/a
- Version
  9.1R9
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

n/a

Pulse Secure Desktop Client

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
9.1R9	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44601
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44601		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner hackerone

Published Oct 28, 2020

Updated Aug 4, 2024

Reserved Jan 28, 2020

Link CVE-2020-8240

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2020-8240

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2020-8240