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CVE-2019-11539

Ivanti — Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure and Policy Secure Command Injection Vulnerability

Ivanti · CWE-78 — Operating system command injection · in CISA KEV since 2021-11-03

KEV since 2021 · listed over a yearRansomwareCISA KEVActively Exploited
90

EVRS 90 of 100 Immediate

Patch Immediately

Rank 139 of 2,960 tracked

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Why it scores 90

Evidence available: 6 of 7 signals

Listed in the CISA KEV catalog, and associated with known ransomware campaigns.

  • CISA KEVApplied
  • RansomwareApplied
  • Vendor exploitationDid not apply
  • EPSSApplied
  • Microsoft Exploitability IndexNot applicable
  • Pre-patch disclosureNo data
  • KEV recencyDid not apply
  • CVSSApplied

The band answers “how soon”, not “how bad”. No data for: Pre-patch disclosure. Why some signals show no data

Fix

No fixed version identified yet

CISA required action

Affected versions

  • connect secure8.18.28.39.0
  • policy secure9.0
  • pulse policy secure5.1r1.05.1r1.15.1r2.05.1r2.15.1r3.05.1r3.25.1r4.05.1r5.05.1r6.05.1r7.05.1r8.05.1r9.05.1r9.15.1r10.05.1r11.05.1r11.15.1r12.05.1r12.15.1r13.05.1r14.05.2r1.05.2r2.05.2r3.05.2r3.25.2r4.05.2r5.05.2r6.05.2r7.05.2r7.15.2r8.05.2r9.05.2r9.15.2r10.05.2r11.05.2rx5.3r1.05.3r1.15.3r2.05.3r3.05.3r3.15.3r4.05.3r4.15.3r5.05.3r5.15.3r5.25.3r6.05.3r7.05.3r8.05.3r8.15.3r8.25.3r9.05.3r10.5.3r11.05.3r12.05.3rx5.4r15.4r25.4r2.15.4r35.4r45.4r55.4r5.25.4r65.4r6.15.4r75.4rx

Remediation

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Evidence

Each value with its source
MeasureValueSource
CVSS base scoreHow severe the flaw is in itself. It does not say how likely an attack is. 7.2 NVD
FIRST EPSSFIRST's estimate of the chance this is exploited in the next 30 days, and how that ranks against all CVEs. 0.985 (99.92nd pctl) FIRST EPSS
Actively exploitedWhether a source of record has confirmed attacks using it in the wild. Confirmed CISA KEV
Ransomware campaign useWhether CISA has seen ransomware operators use it. Known CISA KEV
CISA remediation deadlineThe date US federal agencies must have fixed or mitigated it. 2022-05-03 · KEV since 2021 · listed over a year CISA KEV
Public exploit moduleA module existing is not the same as active exploitation. Public module exists Metasploit
EUVD cross-referenceENISA's record: CVSS 8.0 (v3.0), assigned by mitre. Listed ENISA EUVD

Description

NVD

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 and Pulse Policy Secure version 9.0RX before 9.0R3.2, 5.4RX before 5.4R7.1, 5.3RX before 5.3R12.1, 5.2RX before 5.2R12.1, and 5.1RX before 5.1R15.1, the admin web interface allows an authenticated attacker to inject and execute commands.

What CISA says to do

Public module

Metasploit lists a public excellent-rank module for this CVE: Pulse Secure VPN Arbitrary Command Execution (linux/http/pulse_secure_cmd_exec). A module existing is not the same as active exploitation; see metasploit.com.