{"id":"CVE-2018-15726","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-15726","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T03:46:15.254Z","title":"The Pulse Secure Desktop (macOS) 5.3RX before 5.3R5 and 9.0R1 has a Privilege Escalation Vulnerability.","description":"The Pulse Secure Desktop (macOS) 5.3RX before 5.3R5 and 9.0R1 has a Privilege Escalation Vulnerability.","published":"2018-09-06T23:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:43:01.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["pulsesecure/pulse secure desktop client"],"epss":{"score":0.00334,"percentile":0.26632,"date":"2026-10-28","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA43877","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA43877","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15726","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}