CVE-2024-38494 (GCVE-0-2024-38494)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-15 14:03 – Updated: 2024-08-02 04:12
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Symantec Privileged Access Manager Remote Command Execution vulnerability
Summary
This vulnerability allows a high-privileged authenticated PAM user to achieve remote command execution on the affected PAM system by sending a specially crafted HTTP request.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-15 20:06 UTC
CWE
- CWE-444 - Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling')
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadcom | Symantec Privileged Access Management |
Affected:
4.1.0 - 4.1.7
Affected: 3.4.6 |
guessed | |
| broadcom | symantec_privileged_access_management |
Affected:
4.1.0 , ≤ 4.1.7
(custom)
Affected: 3.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_privileged_access_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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