CVE-2020-11469 Privilege escalation in n/a
A local attacker can gain root access by replacing a helper binary in a user-writable temporary directory during Zoom installation on macOS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-11469?
CVE-2020-11469 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Apr 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Zoom Client for Meetings through 4.6.8 on macOS copies runwithroot to a user-writable temporary directory during installation, which allows a local process (with the user's privileges) to obtain root access by replacing runwithroot.
Weakness: CWE-552
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11469?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Zoom Meetings.
How do I fix CVE-2020-11469?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11469 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-11469 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11469 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2021-33907 Code injection in Zoom Client for Meetings for Windows
- CVE-2022-28768 Local Privilege Escalation in Zoom Client Installer for macOS
- CVE-2022-28763 Improper URL parsing in Zoom Clients
- CVE-2022-28757 Local Privilege Escalation in Auto Updater for Zoom Client for Meetings for macOS
- CVE-2022-28751 Local Privilege Escalation in Zoom Client for Meetings for MacOS
Sources
Also known as GHSA-689v-55v7-867w.