CVE-2023-4996
Local privilege escalation
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.6 Medium
- Published
- Nov 6, 2023
- Updated
- Sep 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 15, 2023
Description
Netskope was made aware of a security vulnerability in its NSClient product for version 100 & prior where a malicious non-admin user can disable the Netskope client by using a specially-crafted package. The root cause of the problem was a user control code when called by a Windows ServiceController did not validate the permissions associated with the user before executing the user control code. This user control code had permissions to terminate the NSClient service.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.6 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H | Netskope |
Weaknesses
- CWE-281 Improper Preservation of Permissions
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Netskope ClientNetskope |
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References
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