Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) and Ivanti Policy Secure (IPS)

1) Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

EUVDB-ID: #VU103944

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-13842

CWE-ID: CWE-321 - Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to use of hard-coded cryptographic key. A local administrator can gain access to sensitive data.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure): 22.7R2 - 22.7R2.2

Ivanti Policy Secure (formerly Pulse Policy Secure): 22.7R1 - 22.7R1.2

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:pulse_connect_secure:22.7R2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:pulse_connect_secure:22.7R2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:pulse_connect_secure:22.7R2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:pulse_policy_secure:22.7R1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:pulse_policy_secure:22.7R1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:pulse_policy_secure:22.7R1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/February-Security-Advisory-Ivanti-Connect-Secure-ICS-Ivanti-Policy-Secure-IPS-and-Ivanti-Secure-Access-Client-ISAC-Multiple-CVEs

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.