CVE-2016-4788 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) 8.2 before 8.2r1, 8.1 before 8.1r2, 8.0 before 8.0r10, and 7.4 before 7.4r13.4 allow remote attackers to read an unspecified system file via unknown vectors.

Published: 2016-05-26

Score: 5.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very 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 [-]

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

Configuration 2 [-]

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

Configuration 3 [-]

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

Configuration 4 [-]

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

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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 Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00212.

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/SA40208

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ivanti Connect Secure

Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:39:26.323Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-4788

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-05-26T14:59:04.527

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

Link: CVE-2016-4788

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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