VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-5299
A stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability exists in the web server in Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) before 8.3R4 and Pulse Policy Secure (PPS) before 5.4R4, leading to memory corruption and possibly remote code execution.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 3.06%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.06%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability exists in the web server in Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) before 8.3R4 and Pulse Policy Secure (PPS) before 5.4R4, leading to memory corruption and possibly remote code execution.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.06% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- pulsesecure/pulse connect secure · pulsesecure/pulse policy secure
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA43604Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA43604Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.