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CVE-2024-36457 (GCVE-0-2024-36457)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-15 13:39 – Updated: 2024-11-12 18:12
VLAI
Title
Symantec Privileged Access Manager Authentication Bypass vulnerability
Summary
The vulnerability allows an attacker to bypass the authentication requirements for a specific PAM endpoint.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-15 18:11 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Broadcom Symantec Privileged Access Management Affected: 4.1.0 - 4.1.7
Affected: 3.4.6
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Credits
Abdel Adim `smaury` Oisfi of Shielder (https://www.shielder.com) - research@shielder.com Paolo Cavaglià of Shielder (https://www.shielder.com) - research@shielder.com
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