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CVE-2018-16261

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-09-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-295

Description

In Pulse Secure Pulse Desktop Client 5.3RX before 5.3R5 and 9.0R1, there is a Privilege Escalation Vulnerability with Dynamic Certificate Trust.

Affected products

• Pulse Secure Desktop Client: 5.3r1, 5.3r1.1, 5.3r2, 5.3r3, 5.3r4, 5.3r4.1 (+3)

References

• https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA43877
• https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA43877

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