cve/2023/CVE-2023-4996.md

### [CVE-2023-4996](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-4996)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Netskope%20Client&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=%3D%20100%20%26%20prior%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-281%20Improper%20Preservation%20of%20Permissions&color=brighgreen)

### 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. 

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds