# CVE-2016-2408: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Restricted users can gain elevated privileges on Windows systems running Pulse Secure Desktop or Installer Service.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Aug 2016
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6rj8-3725-h29x

## What is CVE-2016-2408?

CVE-2016-2408 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Aug 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Pulse Secure Desktop before 5.2R2 and Pulse Secure Installer Service before 8.2R2 and below for Windows allow restricted users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2408?

It affects 4 products.


Products: Pulsesecure Odyssey Access Client, Pulsesecure Pulse Secure Desktop, Pulsesecure Pulse Secure Security, Pulsesecure Standalone Pulse Installer Service.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-2408?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-2408 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-2408 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2408 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-2408 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-2408 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Aug 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2408 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2408/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2408/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2408
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2408
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2408

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