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Actively exploited · Published May 8, 2019 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2019-11510

Critical 9.9 Exploited Ransomware

In plain English

A critical-severity path traversal in Pulse Connect Secure from Ivanti. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on November 3, 2021). It has been used in ransomware campaigns. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 100.0% (higher than 99.9% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit, Nuclei, public proof-of-concept code. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Severity (CVSS 3.0)9.9Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)100.0%top 0.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Nov 3, 2021
Attack tooling3Metasploit, Nuclei, Public PoC

CISA guidance

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Federal agencies must remediate by May 3, 2022.

Official description

In Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) 8.2 before 8.2R12.1, 8.3 before 8.3R7.1, and 9.0 before 9.0R3.4, an unauthenticated remote attacker can send a specially crafted URI to perform an arbitrary file reading vulnerability .

Affected products (as reported)

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Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:C/UI:N

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