CVE-2022-36926 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2023-01-09

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Zoom Video Communications Inc

Zoom Rooms for macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 5.11.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:zoom:rooms:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-39584	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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00198.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://explore.zoom.us/en/trust/security/security-bulletin/

History

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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Subscriptions

Zoom Rooms

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Zoom

Published: 2023-01-09T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-09T14:31:27.018Z

Reserved: 2022-07-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-36926

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:14:29.473Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-09T19:15:11.177

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:14:06.060

Link: CVE-2022-36926

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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