What is CVE-2018-11002?

CVE-2018-11002 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pulsesecure Pulse Secure Desktop Client, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-11-29.

How severe is CVE-2018-11002?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Pulsesecure Pulse Secure Desktop Client

CVE-2018-11002

Pulse Secure Desktop Client 5.3 up to and including R6.0 build 1769 on Windows has Insecure Permissions.

Published 2018-11-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pulsesecure Pulse Secure Desktop Client — versions 5.3r1, 5.3r1.1, 5.3r2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

www.themissinglink.com.au/security-advisories-cve-2017-16878-0 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/106054 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-11002?: CVE-2018-11002 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pulsesecure Pulse Secure Desktop Client, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-11-29.
How severe is CVE-2018-11002?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.