High severity · published Nov 6, 2023
CVE-2023-4996
Local privilege escalation
8.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NC
Netskope Client · Netskope
100 & prior · source: vendor
NE
Netskope · Netskope
before 101 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4996
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4996
Vendor Advisory
https://www.netskope.com/company/security-compliance-and-assurance/security-advisories-and-disclosures/netskope-security-advisory-nskpsa-2023-003
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