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Zoom Client for Meetings for Windows < 5.4.0 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
During the installation process for the application, it is possible to launch Internet Explorer. If the installer was launched with elevated privileges such as by 'SCCM' this can result in a local privilege escalation.
Affected Software
Affected Software
All versions of the Zoom Client for Meetings for Windows before 5.4.0.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 5.4.0 or later.