CVE-2022-36927 (GCVE-0-2022-36927)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-09 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-09 14:31
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Local Privilege Escalation in Zoom Rooms for macOS Clients
Summary
Zoom Rooms for macOS clients before version 5.11.3 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A local low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability to escalate their privileges to root.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-09 14:31 UTC
CWE
- CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoom Video Communications Inc | Zoom Rooms for macOS |
Affected:
unspecified , < 5.11.3
(custom)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2023-01-06 00:00
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