CVE-2022-28768

Published Nov 17, 2022

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

Description: The Zoom Client for Meetings Installer for macOS (Standard and for IT Admin) before version 5.12.6 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A local low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability during the install process to escalate their privileges to root.
Source: security@zoom.us
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.8
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 1.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-362
security@zoom.us: CWE-689

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:zoom:meetings:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "CA075C4F-52CB-45DB-8FC3-9E09D748A9A7",
            "versionEndExcluding": "5.12.6"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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