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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-13177

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 5.2

CVSS Vector: 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

Affected Products

Vendor: Netskope

Product: Netskope Client

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.01% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 1.68% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-18 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13177
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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