CVE-2024-39820

Installer denial of service via uncontrolled search path

Published Jul 15, 2024 · Updated Aug 2, 2024

Uncontrolled search path handling in Zoom Workplace Desktop App for macOS before 6.0.10 allows local users to cause a service interruption. Zoom has not disclosed which installer search path element is attacker-controlled or which resource lookup uses it. Exploitation requires an authenticated local user and user interaction, and the documented consequence is limited to denial of service.

CVSS severity6.6
Medium
EPSS probability0.16%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Uncontrolled search path handling in Zoom Workplace Desktop App for macOS before 6.0.10 allows local users to cause a service interruption. Zoom has not disclosed which installer search path element is attacker-controlled or which resource lookup uses it. Exploitation requires an authenticated local user and user interaction, and the documented consequence is limited to denial of service.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-39820
Published
Jul 15, 2024
Updated
Aug 2, 2024
Vendor
Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
Product
Zoom Workplace Desktop App
Classifications
CWE-427
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 15, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 2, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=before version 6.0.10

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Zoom Video Communications, Inc. · Zoom Workplace Desktop Appversion=before version 6.0.10

Published CVSS scores

6.6Zoom Communications, Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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