CVE-2024-38494

Symantec Privileged Access Manager Remote Command Execution vulnerability

HIGH

8.6

CVSS Score

Published: July 15, 2024 at 02:03 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:40 AM UTC

2 products affected across 1 vendorSymantec Privileged Access ManagementPrivileged Access Manager

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Severity

HIGH8.6

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.6%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Privileged Access Manager · Broadcom

60%

4.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.1.73.4.6 4.1.0

Symantec Privileged Access Management · Broadcom

60%

4.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.1.73.4.6 4.1.0 4.1.0 - 4.1.7

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

Source: [email protected]

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

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.6HIGHsymantec

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED

CWE

CWE-444

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