CVE-2022-36928 Path Traversal in Zoom for Android Clients

Medium 6.1 Published Updated

A third-party app can read and write to the Zoom application data directory via path traversal, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-36928?

CVE-2022-36928 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Zoom Zoom, published on 9 Jan 2023. 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 for Android clients before version 5.13.0 contain a path traversal vulnerability. A third party app could exploit this vulnerability to read and write to the Zoom application data directory.

Weakness: CWE-22, CWE-35

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-36928?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Zoom Zoom.

How do I fix CVE-2022-36928?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-36928 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2022-36928 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-36928 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-pmm4-r9gw-vx84.

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