CVE-2024-38495

Unauthenticated user enumeration via authentication strategy

Published Jul 15, 2024 · Updated Nov 4, 2024

User enumeration in Broadcom Symantec Privileged Access Management 3.4.6 and 4.1.0 through 4.1.7 allows remote attackers to learn PAM user IDs. An unspecified authentication strategy returns identifiers for every PAM user stored in the appliance database to an unauthenticated request. Broadcom has not published the affected endpoint or request details; exposure is limited to user identifiers, with no reported data modification.

CVSS severity5.3
Medium
EPSS probability0.28%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

User enumeration in Broadcom Symantec Privileged Access Management 3.4.6 and 4.1.0 through 4.1.7 allows remote attackers to learn PAM user IDs. An unspecified authentication strategy returns identifiers for every PAM user stored in the appliance database to an unauthenticated request. Broadcom has not published the affected endpoint or request details; exposure is limited to user identifiers, with no reported data modification.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-38495
Published
Jul 15, 2024
Updated
Nov 4, 2024
Vendor
Symantec
Product
Symantec Privileged Access Management
Classifications
T1087
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 15, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Nov 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=3.4.6
  2. Affected versionversion=4.1.0 - 4.1.7

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Symantec · Symantec Privileged Access Managementversion=3.4.6; version=4.1.0 - 4.1.7

Published CVSS scores

5.3Symantec CorporationCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
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Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

T1087Account Discovery

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