Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU26749

OS Command Injection in Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure) and Ivanti Policy Secure (formerly Pulse Policy Secure) - CVE-2020-11581

Published: April 9, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU26749

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11581

CWE-ID: CWE-78

Exploitation vector: Adjecent network

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in doCustomRemediateInstructions methodm when the Host Checker policy is enforced. A remote attacker with ability to perform MitM attack (see vulnerability #1) can inject and execute arbitrary OS commands on the client system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Affected software

Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure)
Ivanti Policy Secure (formerly Pulse Policy Secure)

How to mitigate CVE-2020-11581

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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