CVE-2018-5299

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8

Description

A stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability exists in the web server in Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) before 8.3R4 and Pulse Policy Secure (PPS) before 5.4R4, leading to memory corruption and possibly remote code execution.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2018-5299

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2018-01-16T22:29:00

Last Modified Date
2020-08-24T17:37:01

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-787	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure::::::::	1	OR	8.3r1	8.3r3
cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_policy_secure::::::::	1	OR	5.4r1	5.4r3

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
7.5

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
9.8

Base Severity
CRITICAL

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA43604	Patch Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5299
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5299

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:31:20				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 01:06:59	2018-01-16T22:29Z	2018-01-16T22:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 01:06:59		2020-08-24T17:37:01	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 01:06:59		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated