CVE-2024-13177 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2024-13177

Symlink Following in Netskope Client Postinstall Script

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Max Keasley

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Netskope Client
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: April 15th, 2025
Last Modified: April 15th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-610

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.