CVE-2024-38495
Symantec Privileged Access Manager User Enumeration vulnerability
A specific authentication strategy allows a malicious attacker to learn ids of all PAM users defined in its database.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Symantec Privileged Access Manager User Enumeration vulnerability
A specific authentication strategy allows a malicious attacker to learn ids of all PAM users defined in its database.
- Record
CVE-2024-38495- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-37371
A specific authentication strategy allows a malicious attacker to learn ids of all PAM users defined in its database.
- Record
EUVD-2024-37371- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fh4x-jgmx-j8qr
A specific authentication strategy allows a malicious attacker to learn ids of all PAM users...
A specific authentication strategy allows a malicious attacker to learn ids of all PAM users defined in its database.
- Record
GHSA-fh4x-jgmx-j8qr- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A specific authentication strategy allows a malicious attacker to learn ids of all PAM users defined in its database.
- Record
CVE-2024-38495- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-38495 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Broadcom Symantec Privileged Access Management, published July 15, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.28%, the 20th percentile. No source names a fixed version.