CVE-2022-36927 Local Privilege Escalation in Zoom Rooms for macOS Clients

High 8.8 Published Updated

A local low-privileged user can escalate privileges to root on Zoom Rooms for macOS clients.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-36927?

CVE-2022-36927 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zoom Rooms, published on 9 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Zoom Rooms for macOS clients before version 5.11.3 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A local low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability to escalate their privileges to root.

Weakness: CWE-367

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-36927?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Zoom Rooms.

How do I fix CVE-2022-36927?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-36927 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-36927 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-36927 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Zoom Rooms vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3wc2-c7g8-w9pm.

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