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Zoom Client for Meetings for Windows < 5.3.2 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Privilege escalation

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

2 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

Zoom Client for Meetings for Windows is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

The application writes log files to a user writable directory as a privileged user during the installation or update of the client. This could allow for potential privilege escalation if a link was created between the user writable directory used and a non-user writable directory.

Affected Software

Affected Software

All versions of the Zoom Client for Meetings for Windows before 5.3.2.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Update to version 5.3.2 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)