CVE-2023-22883 Local Privilege Escalation in Zoom for Windows Installers
A local attacker can exploit a race condition in the Zoom Windows installer to escalate privileges to SYSTEM during installation.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-22883?
CVE-2023-22883 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zoom Client for Meetings for IT Admin Windows installers, published on 16 Mar 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 Client for IT Admin Windows installers before version 5.13.5 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A local low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability in an attack chain during the installation process to escalate their privileges to the SYSTEM user.
Weakness: CWE-367
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-22883?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Zoom Meetings.
How do I fix CVE-2023-22883?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-22883 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-22883 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22883 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Zoom Client for Meetings for IT Admin Windows installers
- 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-9p9p-7h6v-q4v7.