Local Privilege Escalation in Auto Updater for Zoom Client for Meetings for macOS
CVE-2022-28756

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Zoom
Status
Zoom Client For Meetings For Mac OS
Vendor
CVE Published:
15 August 2022

What is CVE-2022-28756?

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.

Affected Version(s)

Zoom Client for Meetings for MacOS next of 5.7.3

Zoom Client for Meetings for MacOS < 5.11.5

References

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

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Patrick Wardle of Objective-See
.