Is CVE-2018-9849 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-9849 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-9849?

CVE-2018-9849 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-9849?

CVE-2018-9849 has an EPSS score of 1.00% (59th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-9849?

Upgrade pulse connect secure to 8.3r5 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-9849

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure 8.1.x before 8.1R14, 8.2.x before 8.2R11, and 8.3.x before 8.3R5 do not properly process nested XML entities, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and memory errors) via a crafted XML document.

How to fix

Remediation Available

pulse connect secureNVD

Affected:>= 8.3, < 8.3r5Fixed in:8.3r5CVE-2018-9849derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.00%probability of exploitation in 30 days

59thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 59% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

kb.pulsesecure.net

Third-Party Advisory1

securityfocus.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.