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Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure: CVE-2021-22908: Pulse Connect Secure Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (SA44800)

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Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure: CVE-2021-22908: Pulse Connect Secure Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (SA44800)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/25/2021
Created
05/26/2021
Added
05/25/2021
Modified
02/15/2024

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Windows File Resource Profiles in 9.X allows a remote authenticated user with privileges to browse SMB shares to execute arbitrary code as the root user. As of version 9.1R3, this permission is not enabled by default.

Solution(s)

  • pulse-secure-pulse-connect-secure-upgrade-9_1r11_5

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