Vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure
CVE-2020-12880
An issue was discovered in Pulse Policy Secure (PPS) and Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) Virtual Appliance before 9.1R8. By manipulating a certain kernel boot parameter, it can be tricked into dropping into a root shell in a pre-install phase where the entire source code of the appliance is available and can be retrieved. (The source code is otherwise inaccessible because the appliance has its hard disks encrypted, and no root shell is available during normal operation.)
EPSS: 0.005 (38.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Ivanti Connect_secure — versions 9.1
- Ivanti Policy_secure — versions 9.1
- Pulsesecure Pulse_connect_secure
- Pulsesecure Pulse_policy_secure
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-12880?
- CVE-2020-12880 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-07-27.
- How severe is CVE-2020-12880?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.