Symantec Privileged Access Manager Remote Command Execution vulnerability
An improper input validation allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote command execution on the affected PAM system by sending a specially crafted HTTP request.
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We use this product, ask for help- Published
- Jul 15, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.5% · 39th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-665
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Report tools
Action score
37
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 37 / 40 · 9.4 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.5%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
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- CNA · symantec
- 9.4
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
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
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| broadcom | symantec privileged access management | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_privileged_access_management |
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (symantec). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Broadcom Symantec Privileged Access Management
- 4.1.0 - 4.1.7, 3.4.6affected
Same product
broadcom: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2025-24503A malicious actor can fix the session of a PAM user by tricking the user to click on a specially crafted link to the PAM server.37Monitor
- CVE-2024-38492Symantec Privileged Access Manager Remote Command Execution vulnerability37Monitor
- CVE-2024-36456Symantec Privileged Access Manager Remote Command Execution vulnerability37Monitor
- CVE-2025-24507This vulnerability allows appliance compromise at boot time.35Monitor
- CVE-2025-24505This vulnerability allows a high-privileged authenticated PAM user to achieve remote command execution on the affected PAM system by uploadi35Monitor
- CVE-2022-25625A malicious unauthorized PAM user can access the administration configuration data and change the values.35Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Abdel Adim `smaury` OisfiShielder (https://www.shielder.com) - research@shielder.comfinder
- Paolo CavagliàShielder (https://www.shielder.com) - research@shielder.comfinder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone on the same network segment can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Adjacent
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-665 · Improper InitializationCVSS vector
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/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
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.