CVE-2022-28756 (GCVE-0-2022-28756)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-08-15 22:11
Modified
2024-09-17 01:15
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-347 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
Summary
The Zoom Client for Meetings for macOS (Standard and for IT Admin) starting with version 5.7.3 and before 5.11.5 contains a vulnerability in the auto update process. A local low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability to escalate their privileges to root.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Zoom Video Communications Inc Zoom Client for Meetings for MacOS Version: next of 5.7.3   < unspecified
Version: unspecified   < 5.11.5
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