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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.