CVE-2024-13177 – Netskope Client Mac OS Privilege Escalation Symlink Vulnerability

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CVE-2024-13177 vulnerability over time.

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  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    Apr. 15, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/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
    Added CWE CWE-610
    Added Reference 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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