CVE-2022-28756

Local Privilege Escalation in Auto Updater for Zoom Client for Meetings for macOS

State: Published
Severity: 8.8 High
Published: Aug 15, 2022
Updated: Sep 17, 2024
Reserved: Apr 6, 2022

Description

The Zoom Client for Meetings for macOS (Standard and for IT Admin) starting with version 5.7.3 and before 5.11.5 contains a vulnerability in the auto update process. A local low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability to escalate their privileges to root.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	Zoom

Weaknesses

CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Zoom Client for Meetings for MacOSZoom Video Communications Inc	next of 5.7.3 to before unspecifiedAffected before 5.11.5Affected

References

https://explore.zoom.us/en/trust/security/security-bulletin/

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