CVE-2020-8254

HIGH

Pulse Secure Desktop Client <9.1R9 - RCE

Title source: llm

Description

A vulnerability in the Pulse Secure Desktop Client < 9.1R9 has Remote Code Execution (RCE) if users can be convinced to connect to a malicious server. This vulnerability only affects Windows PDC.To improve the security of connections between Pulse clients and Pulse Connect Secure, see below recommendation(s):Disable Dynamic certificate trust for PDC.

Exploits (1)

nomisec SUSPICIOUS

by mbadanoiu · poc

https://github.com/mbadanoiu/CVE-2020-8254

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

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

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0244

EPSS Percentile 85.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-22 CWE-23

Status published

Products (2)

pulsesecure/pulse_secure_desktop_client 9.1 r1 (13 CPE variants)

pulsesecure/pulse_secure_desktop_client < 9.1

Published Oct 28, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026