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ghsa-6x8p-pjfm-rgxq

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-04-15 18:31

Modified

2025-04-15 18:31

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

Details

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.

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  "modified": "2025-04-15T18:31:44Z",
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CVE-2024-13177 (GCVE-0-2024-13177)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-04-15 15:21

Modified

2025-04-15 16:14

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

Summary

References

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

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Netskope	Netskope Client	Version: 0 < 123.0 Version: 0 < 117.1.11.2310 Version: 0 < 120.1.10.2306

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Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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