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CVE-2019-11538

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-04-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

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, an NFS problem could allow an authenticated attacker to access the contents of arbitrary files on the affected device.

Affected products

• Ivanti Connect Secure (Pulse Secure): 8.1-r1.0, 8.1-r1.1, 8.1-r10.0, 8.1-r11.0, 8.1-r11.1, 8.1-r12.0 (+53)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108073
• https://devco.re/blog/2019/09/02/attacking-ssl-vpn-part-3-the-golden-Pulse-Secure-ssl-vpn-rce-chain-with-Twitter-as-case-study/
• https://i.blackhat.com/USA-19/Wednesday/us-19-Tsai-Infiltrating-Corporate-Intranet-Like-NSA.pdf
• https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101
• https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0010
• https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927237
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108073
• https://devco.re/blog/2019/09/02/attacking-ssl-vpn-part-3-the-golden-Pulse-Secure-ssl-vpn-rce-chain-with-Twitter-as-case-study/
• https://i.blackhat.com/USA-19/Wednesday/us-19-Tsai-Infiltrating-Corporate-Intranet-Like-NSA.pdf
• https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101
• https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0010
• https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927237

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