A vulnerability was found in Netskope (version unknown). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component NSClient Log Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a log file vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-532. Information written to log files can be of a sensitive nature and give valuable guidance to an attacker or expose sensitive user information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Netskope client is impacted by a vulnerability where an authenticated, local attacker can view sensitive information stored in NSClient logs which should be restricted. The vulnerability exists because the sensitive information is not masked/scrubbed before writing in the logs. A malicious user can use the sensitive information to download data and impersonate another user.

The weakness was disclosed 11/04/2022 as nskpsa-2022-001. It is possible to read the advisory at netskope.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-44862 since 12/13/2021. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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