Privilege escalation in Zoom Rooms for Windows clients



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-36929
CWE-ID CWE-264
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Zoom Rooms Client for Windows
Client/Desktop applications / Office applications

Vendor Zoom Video Communications, Inc.

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU70783

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36929

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation. A local unprivileged user can execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Zoom Rooms Client for Windows: 5.0.0 1420.0426 - 5.12.6 2076

CPE2.3 External links

https://explore.zoom.us/en/trust/security/security-bulletin/#ZSB-22034


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website or open a file.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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