VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-13162

CVSS score7 HIGH
EPSS probability0.79%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-06-16
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A time-of-check time-of-use vulnerability in PulseSecureService.exe in Pulse Secure Client versions prior to 9.1.6 down to 5.3 R70 for Windows (which runs as NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM) allows unprivileged users to run a Microsoft Installer executable with elevated privileges.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Primary references