Zoom Client Installer Local Privilege Escalation
CVE-2021-34409
7.8HIGH
Key Information:
- Vendor
Zoom
- Status
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 27 September 2021
What is CVE-2021-34409?
It was discovered that the installation packages of the Zoom Client for Meetings for MacOS (Standard and for IT Admin) installation before version 5.2.0, Zoom Client Plugin for Sharing iPhone/iPad before version 5.2.0, and Zoom Rooms for Conference before version 5.1.0, copy pre- and post- installation shell scripts to a user-writable directory. In the affected products listed below, a malicious actor with local access to a user's machine could use this flaw to potentially run arbitrary system commands in a higher privileged context during the installation process.
Affected Version(s)
Zoom Client for Meetings for MacOS (Standard and for IT Admin) < 5.2.0
Zoom Client Plugin for Sharing iPhone/iPad < 5.2.0
Zoom Rooms for Conference < 5.1.0