7.8
HIGH
CVE-2016-2408
Pulse Secure Desktop Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

Pulse Secure Desktop before 5.2R2 and Pulse Secure Installer Service before 8.2R2 and below for Windows allow restricted users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 2, 2016, 4:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 18, 2022, 1:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-2408 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Pulsesecure pulse_secure_desktop
2 Pulsesecure odyssey_access_client
3 Pulsesecure pulse_secure_security
4 Pulsesecure standalone_pulse_installer_service
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-2408.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92692
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036474
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40241 Vendor Advisory
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40241/

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-2408 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-2408 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 18, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description An unspecified client-side component in Pulse Secure Desktop Client before 5.0r15.1, 5.1rX before 5.1r9.1, and 5.2rX before 5.2r4.1; Installer Service (formerly Juniper Installer Service) and Collaboration (formerly Secure Meeting) before 8.0r15.1, 8.1rX before 8.1r9.1, and 8.2rX before 8.2r4.1; and Odyssey Access Client before 5.6r18 on Windows allows local users to gain administrative privileges via unknown vectors. Pulse Secure Desktop before 5.2R2 and Pulse Secure Installer Service before 8.2R2 and below for Windows allow restricted users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
    Added Reference https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40241/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92692 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036474 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 04, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:7.4r1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:7.4r2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:7.4r3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:7.4r4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:7.4r5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:7.4r6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:7.4r7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:7.4r8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:7.4r9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:7.4r9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:7.4r9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:7.4r9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:7.4r10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:7.4r11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:7.4r11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:7.4r12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:7.4r13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:7.4r13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:7.4r13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:7.4r13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:7.4r13.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:7.4r13.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:7.4r13.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.1r1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.1r2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.1r1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.1r2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.1r3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.1r3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.1r3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.1r4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.1r4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.1r5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.1r6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.1r7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.1r8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.1r9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.0r1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.0r1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.0r2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.0r3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.0r3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.0r3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.0r4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.0r4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.0r5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.0r6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.0r7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.0r7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.0r8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.0r8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.0r9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.0r10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.0r11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.0r12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.0r13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.0r13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.0r14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.0r15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.2r1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.2r2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:standalone_pulse_installer_service:8.2r1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.2r1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.2r2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.1r1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.1r1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.1r2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.1r2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.1r3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.1r3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.1r3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.1r4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.1r4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.1r5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.1r6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.1r7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.1r8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.1r9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.0r1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.0r1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.0r2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.0r3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.0r3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.0r3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.0r4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.0r4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.0r5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.0r6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.0r7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.0r7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.0r8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.0r8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.0r9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.0r10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.0r11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.0r12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.0r13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.0r13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.0r14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.0r15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_security:8.2r1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.0r1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.0r2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.0r3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.0r3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.0r4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.0r4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.0r5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.0r6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.0r7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.0r8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.0r8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.0r9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.0r10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.0r11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.0r12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.0r13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.0r13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.0r14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.0r15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.2r1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.1r1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.1r1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.1r2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.1r3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.1r3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.1r3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.2r1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.2r2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.1r9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.1r8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.1r7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.1r6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.1r5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.1r5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:5.1r4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:odyssey_access_client:5.6r16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40241 No Types Assigned https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40241 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-264
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 04, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-2408 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-2408 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
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Privileges Required
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Scope
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