CVE-2018-15865

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.003 · 24 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.32% (24th) EPSS

CVSS 4.6 · medium

Is it mine?

26 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The Pulse Secure Desktop (macOS) has a Privilege Escalation Vulnerability.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.6–7.8

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4

v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.07.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-269USLLM-inferred

affected products (26)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 5.1r1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 5.1r1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 5.1r10.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 5.1r2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 5.1r3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 5.1r3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 5.1r3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 5.1r4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 5.1r5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 5.1r5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 5.1r6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 5.1r7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 5.1r8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 5.1r9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 5.1r9.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 5.1rxnvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 5.3r1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 5.3r1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 5.3r2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-09-06modified 2026-06-17

references (3)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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