RULE(RULE ID:333577)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2021-05-05
Rule Name: Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2021-22893)
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Rule Protection Details
Description: Pulse Connect Secure 9.0R3/9.1R1 and higher is vulnerable to an authentication bypass vulnerability exposed by the Windows File Share Browser and Pulse Secure Collaboration features of Pulse Connect Secure that can allow an unauthenticated user to perform remote arbitrary code execution on the Pulse Connect Secure gateway. This vulnerability has been exploited in the wild.
Impact: An attacker can take advantage of the vulnerability to bypass the security policy implemented by the software administrator, and perform unauthorized actions to the target system.
Affected OS: Windows, Others
Reference: https://blog.pulsesecure.net/pulse-connect-secure-security-update/
https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/213092
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44784/
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2021/04/suspected-apt-actors-leverage-bypass-techniques-pulse-secure-zero-day.html
Solutions
The vendor has released upgrade patches to fix vulnerabilities, please visit:
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44784/