CVE-2024-13177CWE-610

Symlink Following in Netskope Client Postinstall Script

Medium · published April 15, 2025

CVSS v4.0
5.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
5.2 · MEDIUM
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
EPSS
0.00150 · 3.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-610 · Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere
Published
2025-04-15T15:21Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 APR 15:21Z
    Symlink Following in Netskope Client Postinstall Script
    cvelistv5