CVE-2024-4555 (GCVE-0-2024-4555)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-28 06:27 – Updated: 2025-10-06 13:30
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
User impersonation with MFA when configure in specific way
Summary
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in OpenText NetIQ Access Manager allows user account impersonation in specific scenario. This issue affects NetIQ Access Manager before 5.0.4.1 and before 5.1
Severity
7.7 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-28 13:26 UTC
CWE
- CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenText | NetIQ Access Manager |
Affected:
5.0.4.1 , < <
(server)
Affected: 5.1 , < < (server) |
guessed | |
| netiq | access_manager |
Affected:
0 , < 5.0.4.1
(custom)
Affected: 0 , < 5.1 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:netiq:access_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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