CVE-2020-12880

Summary

CVECVE-2020-12880
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-07-27 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-13 04:43:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.)

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ivanti Policy Secure 9.1 r1 All All
Application Ivanti Policy Secure 9.1 r2 All All
Application Ivanti Policy Secure 9.1 r3 All All
Application Ivanti Policy Secure 9.1 r3.1 All All
Application Ivanti Policy Secure 9.1 r4 All All
Application Ivanti Policy Secure 9.1 r4.1 All All
Application Ivanti Policy Secure 9.1 r4.2 All All
Application Ivanti Policy Secure 9.1 r5 All All
Application Ivanti Policy Secure 9.1 r6 All All
Application Ivanti Policy Secure 9.1 r7 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure 9.1 - All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure 9.1 r1 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure 9.1 r2 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure 9.1 r3 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure 9.1 r4 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure 9.1 r4.1 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure 9.1 r4.2 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure 9.1 r4.3 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure 9.1 r5 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure 9.1 r6 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure 9.1 r7 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure 9.1 - All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure 9.1 r1 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure 9.1 r2 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure 9.1 r3 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure 9.1 r4 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure 9.1 r4.1 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure 9.1 r4.2 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure 9.1 r4.3 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure 9.1 r5 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure 9.1 r6 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure 9.1 r7 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure All All All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure 9.1 r1 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure 9.1 r2 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure 9.1 r3 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure 9.1 r3.1 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure 9.1 r4 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure 9.1 r4.1 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure 9.1 r4.2 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure 9.1 r5 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure 9.1 r6 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure 9.1 r7 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure 9.1 r1 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure 9.1 r2 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure 9.1 r3 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure 9.1 r3.1 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure 9.1 r4 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure 9.1 r4.1 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure 9.1 r4.2 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure 9.1 r5 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure 9.1 r6 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure 9.1 r7 All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Public KB - SA44516 - 2020-07: Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities Resolved in Pulse Connect Secure / Pulse Policy Secure 9.1R8 CONFIRM kb.pulsesecure.net Vendor Advisory
Public KB - Home MISC kb.pulsesecure.net Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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