CVE-2024-42439

Privilege escalation via untrusted installer search path

Published Aug 14, 2024 · Updated Aug 16, 2024

Untrusted search path in Zoom Workplace before 6.1.0 allows local users with elevated privileges to escalate privileges on macOS. The macOS installer searches an untrusted path, but Zoom has not disclosed the searched location, loaded resource, or path-control primitive. Exploitation requires local access, a privileged account, and user interaction, and results in privileges beyond those already held.

CVSS severity6.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.18%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Untrusted search path in Zoom Workplace before 6.1.0 allows local users with elevated privileges to escalate privileges on macOS. The macOS installer searches an untrusted path, but Zoom has not disclosed the searched location, loaded resource, or path-control primitive. Exploitation requires local access, a privileged account, and user interaction, and results in privileges beyond those already held.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-42439
Published
Aug 14, 2024
Updated
Aug 16, 2024
Vendor
Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
Product
Zoom Workplace
Classifications
CWE-426, CAPEC-38, T1574
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Aug 14, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 16, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <6.1.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Zoom Video Communications, Inc. · Zoom Workplaceversion=0 <6.1.0

Published CVSS scores

6.5Zoom Video Communications, Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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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
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-426Untrusted Search Path
CAPEC-38Leveraging/Manipulating Configuration File Search Paths
T1574Hijack Execution Flow

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