CVE-2020-8218

Estado: AnalizadaAlta (7.2)⚠ Explotación activa

A code injection vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure <9.1R8 that allows an attacker to crafted a URI to perform an arbitrary code execution via the admin web interface.

CVSS

Versión: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Puntuación base: 7.2

Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 32%
Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 98
Fecha de la puntuación: 3/10/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).

CISA KEV — explotada activamente

Añadida al catálogo: 7/3/2022
Plazo de remediación: 7/9/2022
Uso conocido en ransomware: Unknown

🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK

Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.

ExplotaciónT1210 Exploitation of Remote Serviceslateral movement85 %
Impacto principalT1059 Command and Scripting Interpreterexecution90 %

Inyección de código (CWE-94) en servicio remoto (Pulse Connect Secure) accesible por red sin privilegios de ejecución, permite ejecución arbitraria de comandos en el servidor comprometido.

Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.

🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas

Privileged Account Management Disable or Remove Feature or Program Vulnerability Scanning Threat Intelligence Program Restrict Web-Based Content Network Segmentation

Tecnologías afectadas (3)

Ivanti — Connect Secure Ivanti — Policy Secure Pulsesecure — Pulse Policy Secure

CWE

CWE-94
CWE-94

Referencias

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