Vulnerabilites related to Zoom Video Communications Inc - Zoom Client for Meetings for IT Admin macOS installers
cve-2023-28596
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-03-27 00:00
Modified
2025-02-19 15:29
Summary
Zoom Client for IT Admin macOS installers before version 5.13.5 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A local low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability in an attack chain during the installation process to escalate their privileges to privileges to root.
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