Local privilege escalation via untrusted search path
Published Jul 11, 2023 · Updated Oct 23, 2024
Untrusted search path in Zoom Rooms for Windows before 5.15.0 allows local users to escalate privileges through local access. The vendor maps the flaw to an untrusted search path but does not identify the affected executable, loaded file, or attacker-controlled search location. Low-privileged access to the room computer is required; exploitation permits protected data modification and service interruption under a different security authority.
Summary
What happened
Untrusted search path in Zoom Rooms for Windows before 5.15.0 allows local users to escalate privileges through local access. The vendor maps the flaw to an untrusted search path but does not identify the affected executable, loaded file, or attacker-controlled search location. Low-privileged access to the room computer is required; exploitation permits protected data modification and service interruption under a different security authority.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-36538
- Published
- Jul 11, 2023
- Updated
- Oct 23, 2024
- Vendor
- Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
- Product
- Zoom Rooms for Windows
- Classifications
- CWE-426, T1574
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 11, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 23, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=before 5.15.0
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