CVE-2024-38495 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A specific authentication strategy allows a malicious attacker to learn ids of all PAM users defined in its database.

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00038.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Broadcom	Symantec Privileged Access Management

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Vendors	Products
Broadcom	Symantec Privileged Access Management

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-37371	A specific authentication strategy allows a malicious attacker to learn ids of all PAM users defined in its database.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: symantec

Published: 2024-07-15T14:13:12.364Z

Updated: 2024-11-04T19:03:14.832Z

Reserved: 2024-06-18T06:18:01.976Z

Link: CVE-2024-38495

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:12:25.805Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-07-15T15:15:10.580

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:26:05.863

Link: CVE-2024-38495

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T22:44:29Z

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