CVE-2020-13162 (GCVE-0-2020-13162)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-06-16 19:41 – Updated: 2025-05-05 17:08
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
A time-of-check time-of-use vulnerability in PulseSecureService.exe in Pulse Secure Client versions prior to 9.1.6 down to 5.3 R70 for Windows (which runs as NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM) allows unprivileged users to run a Microsoft Installer executable with elevated privileges.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-23 13:29 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
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|---|---|
| https://kb.pulsesecure.net/?atype=sa | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://twitter.com/sepcali/status/1262551597990711296 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jun/25 | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC |
| https://www.redtimmy.com/privilege-escalation/pul… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158117/Pulse… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Securit… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://twitter.com/gsepcali/status/1262551597990711296 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://twitter.com/gsepcali/status/1272927080909623297 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Sep/15 | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159065/Pulse… | x_refsource_MISC |
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