cve-2023-28596
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-03-27 00:00
Modified
2025-02-19 15:29
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
security@zoom.ushttps://explore.zoom.us/en/trust/security/security-bulletin/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://explore.zoom.us/en/trust/security/security-bulletin/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Zoom Video Communications Inc Zoom Client for Meetings for IT Admin macOS installers Version: unspecified   < 5.13.5
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