CVE-2024-13177 (GCVE-0-2024-13177)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-15 15:21 – Updated: 2025-04-15 16:14
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Title
Symlink Following in Netskope Client Postinstall Script
Summary
Netskope Client on Mac OS is impacted by a vulnerability in which the postinstall script does not properly validate the path of the file “nsinstallation”. A standard user could potentially create a symlink of the file “nsinstallation” to escalate the privileges of a different file on the system. This issue affects Netskope Client: before 123.0, before 117.1.11.2310, before 120.1.10.2306.
Severity ?
5.2 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CWE
  • CWE-610 - Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Netskope Netskope Client Affected: 0 , < 123.0 (custom)
Affected: 0 , < 117.1.11.2310 (custom)
Affected: 0 , < 120.1.10.2306 (custom)
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Credits
Max Keasley
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