CVE-2024-38496
Symantec Privileged Access Manager Insecure Direct Object Reference vulnerability
The vulnerability allows a malicious low-privileged PAM user to access information about other PAM users and their group memberships.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- 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 Insecure Direct Object Reference vulnerability
The vulnerability allows a malicious low-privileged PAM user to access information about other PAM users and their group memberships.
- Record
CVE-2024-38496- CVSS 4.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-922
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-37712
The vulnerability allows a malicious low-privileged PAM user to access information about other PAM users and their group memberships.
- Record
EUVD-2024-37712- CVSS 4.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mrhp-8chw-79jf
The vulnerability allows a malicious low-privileged PAM user to access information about other...
The vulnerability allows a malicious low-privileged PAM user to access information about other PAM users and their group memberships.
- Record
GHSA-mrhp-8chw-79jf- CVSS 4.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/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 - Weakness
- CWE-922
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The vulnerability allows a malicious low-privileged PAM user to access information about other PAM users and their group memberships.
- Record
CVE-2024-38496- CVSS 4.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/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 - Weakness
- CWE-922
- 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-2024-38496 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) 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 0.25%, the 16th percentile. No source names a fixed version.