VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-8239

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability2.02%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-10-28
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A vulnerability in the Pulse Secure Desktop Client < 9.1R9 is vulnerable to the client registry privilege escalation attack. This fix also requires Server Side Upgrade due to Standalone Host Checker Client (Windows) and Windows PDC.

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