CVE-2023-4996 | THREATINT

Assigner	Netskope
Reserved	2023-09-15
Published	2023-11-06
Updated	2024-09-05

Description

Netskope was made aware of a security vulnerability in its NSClient product for version 100 & prior where a malicious non-admin user can disable the Netskope client by using a specially-crafted package. The root cause of the problem was a user control code when called by a Windows ServiceController did not validate the permissions associated with the user before executing the user control code. This user control code had permissions to terminate the NSClient service.

MEDIUM: 6.6

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Problem types

CWE-281 Improper Preservation of Permissions

Product status

Default status

0x4000584f60

100 & prior

affected

Credits

Netskope credits Alexander Katziv from Novartis for reporting this flaw. 0x4000584fa0

References

https://www.netskope.com/company/security-compliance-and-assurance/security-advisories-and-disclosures/netskope-security-advisory-nskpsa-2023-003

cve.org CVE-2023-4996

nvd.nist.gov CVE-2023-4996

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