CVE-2025-0145

Privilege escalation via installer search path

Published Jan 30, 2025 · Updated Jan 30, 2025

Untrusted search path in affected Zoom Workplace Apps for Windows allows local users to escalate privileges through the installer. The installer searches an untrusted location for code, but Zoom has not disclosed the searched path, load order, or attacker-controlled artifact. Exploitation requires an authorized local user and user interaction with the installer; the resulting elevated privilege boundary is undisclosed.

CVSS severity4.6
Medium
EPSS probability0.21%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Untrusted search path in affected Zoom Workplace Apps for Windows allows local users to escalate privileges through the installer. The installer searches an untrusted location for code, but Zoom has not disclosed the searched path, load order, or attacker-controlled artifact. Exploitation requires an authorized local user and user interaction with the installer; the resulting elevated privilege boundary is undisclosed.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-0145
Published
Jan 30, 2025
Updated
Jan 30, 2025
Vendor
Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
Product
Zoom Workplace Apps
Classifications
CWE-426, T1574
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jan 30, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jan 30, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=see references

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Zoom Video Communications, Inc. · Zoom Workplace Appsversion=see references

Published CVSS scores

7.8NISTCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.6ZoomCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-426Untrusted Search Path
T1574Hijack Execution Flow

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