Vigil@nce - Pulse Secure Desktop Client: privilege escalation via Insecure ACLs
January 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
– Impacted products: Pulse Secure Client.
– Severity: 2/4.
– Consequences: administrator access/rights, privileged
access/rights.
– Provenance: user shell.
– Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
– Creation date: 30/11/2018.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via Insecure ACLs of Pulse
Secure Desktop Client, in order to escalate his privileges.
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