CVE-2024-36456 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote command execution on the affected PAM system by uploading a specially crafted PAM upgrade file.

Published: 2024-07-15

Score: 9.4 Critical

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Broadcom

Symantec Privileged Access Management

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.1.0 - 4.1.7`	affected	—
`3.4.6`	affected	—

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-36100	This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote command execution on the affected PAM system by uploading a specially crafted PAM upgrade file.

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact High

Subsequent System Integrity Impact High

Subsequent System Availability Impact High

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01313.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24678

History

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Subscriptions

Broadcom Symantec Privileged Access Management

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: symantec

Published: 2024-07-15T13:31:44.145Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T03:37:05.337Z

Reserved: 2024-05-28T10:24:37.077Z

Link: CVE-2024-36456

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-07-15T13:45:56.734Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-07-15T14:15:02.827

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-36456

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-94

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