CVE-2023-4996

MEDIUM

Netskope NSClient <100 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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. 

Scores

CVSS v3 6.6
EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 22.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-281
Status published
Products (1)
netskope/netskope < 101
Published Nov 06, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026