QID 731126

Date Published: 2024-02-01

QID 731126: Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (000090322)

Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS), formerly known as Pulse Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure Gateway contain the following vulnerabilities:

  • CVE-2024-21888: A privilege escalation vulnerability in web component allows a user to elevate privileges to that of an administrator.
  • CVE-2024-21893: A server-side request forgery vulnerability in the SAML component allows an attacker to access certain restricted resources without authentication.
Affected Software:
Ivanti Connect Secure (9.x, 22.x)

QID Detection Logic:
This unauthenticated QID verifies the following endpoints:

  • api/v1/totp/user-backup-code/../../system/system-information
  • dana-na/nc/nc_gina_ver.txt
Additionally, this QID checks for installed vulnerable version of Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) by requesting for /dana-cached/sc/PulseSecureInstallerService.exe and extracting the version from the binary.

NOTE: This QID currently does not check for applied mitigation.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary code or transmit server-side request forgery requests and access sensitive resources.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.8 severity.
    • Solution
    Customers are advised to refer to 000090322 for information pertaining to remediating these vulnerabilities.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 731126

    CVE-2024-21888 | CVE-2024-21893 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    000090322 URL Logo forums.ivanti.com/s/article/CVE-2024-21888-Privilege-Escalation-for-Ivanti-Connect-Secure-and-Ivanti-Policy-Secure?language=en_US
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