# CVE-2022-22782: Local privilege escalation in Windows Zoom Clients

> A local attacker can exploit an installer repair flaw to delete system files, causing integrity or availability issues on Windows hosts.

- **Severity:** High 7.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Apr 2022
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qjqx-h284-wx2f

## What is CVE-2022-22782?

CVE-2022-22782 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zoom Client for Meetings for Windows, published on 28 Apr 2022. 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

The Zoom Client for Meetings for Windows prior to version 5.9.7, Zoom Rooms for Conference Room for Windows prior to version 5.10.0, Zoom Plugins for Microsoft Outlook for Windows prior to version 5.10.3, and Zoom VDI Windows Meeting Clients prior to version 5.9.6; was susceptible to a local privilege escalation issue during the installer repair operation. A malicious actor could utilize this to potentially delete system level files or folders, causing integrity or availability issues on the user’s host machine.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22782?

It affects 4 products.


Products: Zoom Meetings, Zoom Rooms for Conference Rooms, Zoom Vdi Windows Meeting Clients, Zoom Zoom Plugin for Microsoft Outlook.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-22782?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22782 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-22782 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22782 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Zoom Client for Meetings for Windows

- [CVE-2021-33907](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-33907/): Code injection in Zoom Client for Meetings for Windows (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-28768](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28768/): Local Privilege Escalation in Zoom Client Installer for macOS (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-28763](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28763/): Improper URL parsing in Zoom Clients (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-28757](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28757/): Local Privilege Escalation in Auto Updater for Zoom Client for Meetings for macOS (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-28751](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28751/): Local Privilege Escalation in Zoom Client for Meetings for MacOS (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-22782 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-22782 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zoom Client for Meetings for Windows, published on 28 Apr 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22782 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Zoom Client for Meetings for Windows. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22782/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22782/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22782
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22782
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22782

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22782/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.