CVE-2020-13162 (GCVE-0-2020-13162)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-06-16 19:41
Modified
2025-05-05 17:08
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
A time-of-check time-of-use vulnerability in PulseSecureService.exe in Pulse Secure Client versions prior to 9.1.6 down to 5.3 R70 for Windows (which runs as NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM) allows unprivileged users to run a Microsoft Installer executable with elevated privileges.
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