CVE-2016-4786 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) 8.2 before 8.2r1, 8.1 before 8.1r3, 8.0 before 8.0r11, and 7.4 before 7.4r13.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2016-05-26

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 3.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:8.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure:8.1r1.0:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03515.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035932
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40206

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ivanti Connect Secure

Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-05-26T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:39:26.180Z

Reserved: 2016-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4786

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-05-26T14:59:02.150

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-4786

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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