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CVE-2020-8241 (GCVE-0-2020-8241)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-10-28 12:47 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:56
VLAI
Summary
A vulnerability in the Pulse Secure Desktop Client < 9.1R9 could allow the attacker to perform a MITM Attack if end users are convinced to connect to a malicious server.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Privilege Escalation (CAPEC-233)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Pulse Secure Dektop Client Affected: 9.1R9
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