CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-34120

HighCVSS 8.7
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.13%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

Improper privilege management in Zoom for Windows, Zoom Rooms for Windows, and Zoom VDI for Windows clients before version 5.14.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access. Users may potentially utilize higher level system privileges maintained by the Zoom client to spawn processes with escalated privileges.

Risk Assessment

The risk to the organization involves the potential for authenticated users to escalate privileges, which could lead to unauthorized access to system resources. This may result in serious security breaches and data loss.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Zoom application to version 5.14.0 or later to mitigate this vulnerability. Additionally, conducting a user privilege audit and monitoring access to systems is advisable.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Improper privilege management in Zoom for Windows, Zoom Rooms for Windows, and Zoom VDI for Windows clients before 5.14.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access. Users may potentially utilize higher level system privileges maintained by the Zoom client to spawn processes with escalated privileges.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS