CVE-2019-11539
Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure and Pulse Policy Secure: Pulse Connect Secure and Policy Secure Command Injection
As of , CVE-2019-11539 in Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure and Pulse Policy Secure is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 3 November 2021
- US federal deadline
- 3 May 2022181 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Known
- EPSS score
- 0.99Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- Not availableCISA listed it before 4 February 2022, where the EPSS files we read begin.
- Public exploit
- 1 Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries (1 verified)
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure and Policy Secure allows an authenticated attacker from the admin web interface to inject and execute commands.
CISA's description
In Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure version 9.0RX before 9.0R3.4, 8.3RX before 8.3R7.1, 8.2RX before 8.2R12.1, and 8.1RX before 8.1R15.1 and Pulse Policy Secure version 9.0RX before 9.0R3.2, 5.4RX before 5.4R7.1, 5.3RX before 5.3R12.1, 5.2RX before 5.2R12.1, and 5.1RX before 5.1R15.1, the admin web interface allows an authenticated attacker to inject and execute commands.
The CVE record's description, from mitre
- CVE published
- 26 April 2019
- Assigned by
- mitre
- CVSS
- 8.0 High (CVSS 3.0, from the CNA)
- CWE-78
- Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 47354).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 47700).
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Metasploit: Pulse Secure VPN Arbitrary Command Executionexploit module, rank excellent
- Exploit-DB: Pulse Secure VPN - Arbitrary Command Execution (Metasploit)EDB-ID 47700, verified by Exploit-DB, 20 November 2019
- Exploit-DB: Pulse Secure 8.1R15.1/8.2/8.3/9.0 SSL VPN - Remote Code ExecutionEDB-ID 47354, 6 September 2019
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org