CVE-2024-23482 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The ZScaler service is susceptible to a local privilege escalation vulnerability found in the ZScalerService process. Fixed Version: Mac ZApp 4.2.0.241 and later.

Published: 2024-03-26

Score: 7 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Zscaler

Client Connector

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 4.2.0.241

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:zscaler:client_connector:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*

No data.

Vendor	Product	Confidence	Versions
Zscaler	Client Connector	—	—

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-20980	The ZScaler service is susceptible to a local privilege escalation vulnerability found in the ZScalerService process. Fixed Version: Mac ZApp 4.2.0.241 and later.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00032.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://help.zscaler.com/client-connector/client-connector-app-release-summary-2024

History

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:zscaler:client_connector::::::macos::*

Subscriptions

Zscaler Client Connector

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Zscaler

Published: 2024-03-26T14:23:20.100Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T14:40:13.211Z

Reserved: 2024-01-17T16:32:36.625Z

Link: CVE-2024-23482

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T23:06:24.595Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-26T15:15:49.130

Modified: 2025-10-10T14:43:24.720

Link: CVE-2024-23482

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T22:10:06Z

Weaknesses

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