CVE-2022-28768 (GCVE-0-2022-28768)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-17 22:36 – Updated: 2025-04-29 19:40
VLAI
Title
Local Privilege Escalation in Zoom Client Installer for macOS
Summary
The Zoom Client for Meetings Installer for macOS (Standard and for IT Admin) before version 5.12.6 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A local low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability during the install process to escalate their privileges to root.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-689 - Permission Race Condition During Resource Copy
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2022-11-15 00:00
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