CVE-2020-8956

Pulse Secure Desktop Client 9.0Rx before 9.0R5 and 9.1Rx before 9.1R4 on Windows reveals users' passwords if Save Settings is enabled.

Published: 2020-10-27 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-8956 is rated Low Risk (30.4/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.18%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-8956

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 9.24% 1.18% -8.06%
2 2025-11-21 6.32% 9.24% +2.92%
3 2025-11-18 — 6.32% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-8956

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.3 3.1 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.8 1.4 [email protected]
3.8 3.0 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.0 1.4 [email protected]
1.9 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.4 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-8956

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-8956

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pulsesecure pulse_secure_desktop 9.0r1.0 cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:9.0r1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse_secure_desktop 9.0r2.0 cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:9.0r2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse_secure_desktop 9.0r2.1 cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:9.0r2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse_secure_desktop 9.0r3.0 cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:9.0r3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse_secure_desktop 9.0r3.1 cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:9.0r3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse_secure_desktop 9.0r4.0 cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:9.0r4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse_secure_desktop 9.0r4.1 cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:9.0r4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse_secure_desktop 9.1r1.0 cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:9.1r1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse_secure_desktop 9.1r2.0 cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:9.1r2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse_secure_desktop 9.1r3.0 cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:9.1r3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse_secure_desktop 9.1r3.1 cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop:9.1r3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-8956

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