CVE-2024-36456 (GCVE-0-2024-36456)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-15 13:31 – Updated: 2024-08-02 03:37
VLAI
Title
Symantec Privileged Access Manager Remote Command Execution vulnerability
Summary
This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote command execution on the affected PAM system by uploading a specially crafted PAM upgrade file.
Severity
9.4 (Critical)
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Broadcom Symantec Privileged Access Management Affected: 4.1.0 - 4.1.7
Affected: 3.4.6
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broadcom symantec_privileged_access_management Affected: 3.4.6.0
    cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_privileged_access_management:3.4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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broadcom symantec_privileged_access_management Affected: 4.1.0.0 , ≤ 4.1.7 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_privileged_access_management:4.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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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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