CVE-2024-13177

Symlink Following in Netskope Client Postinstall Script

State: Published
Severity: 5.2 Medium
Published: Apr 15, 2025
Updated: Apr 15, 2025
Reserved: Jan 7, 2025

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	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	Netskope

Weaknesses

CWE-610 Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Netskope ClientNetskope	before 123.0Affected before 117.1.11.2310Affected before 120.1.10.2306Affected

References

https://support.netskope.com/s/article/Netskope-Security-Advisory-Netskope-Client-installer-with-symbolic-link-following-vulnerability-leading-to-privilege-escalation

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