Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Ivanti Policy Secure (formerly Pulse Policy Secure) and Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure) - CVE-2020-8219
Published: July 27, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31942
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8219
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation. A user administrator can change the password of a full Administrator and escalate privileges on the system.
Affected software
Ivanti Policy Secure (formerly Pulse Policy Secure)
Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure)
Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure)
How to mitigate CVE-2020-8219
Install updates from vendor's website.
Ivanti Policy Secure (formerly Pulse Policy Secure) - update to 9.1R8
Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure) - update to 9.1R8
Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure) - update to 9.1R8