{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-36540 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-36540 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-36540 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zoom Zoom, published on 8 Aug 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-36540 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-36540 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zoom Zoom, published on 8 Aug 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-36540 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Zoom Zoom. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-36540/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-36540/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-36540","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-36540/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-36540","record":{"aliases":["CVE-2023-34122","GHSA-3jf9-p4gc-9h68"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Zoom Desktop Client","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"An authenticated local user can escalate privileges via an untrusted search path in the Zoom Desktop Client installer.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Zoom","cpe":[{"product":"zoom","vendor":"zoom"}],"cvss":{"score":7.3,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-426","name":"Untrusted Search Path"}],"description":"Untrusted search path in the installer for Zoom Desktop Client for Windows before 5.14.5 may allow an authenticated user to enable an escalation of privilege via local access.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Zoom Desktop Client for Windows","id":"CVE-2023-36540","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"zoom:zoom","products":["zoom:zoom"],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in Zoom Desktop Client for Windows","id":"CVE-2023-36541"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Information disclosure in Zoom clients","id":"CVE-2023-36539"},"products":["Zoom Desktop Client for Windows"],"published":"2023-08-08","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Missing authorization in Zoom","id":"CVE-2018-15715","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-11-30"},{"cvss_score":9.6,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in Zoom Desktop Client for Windows","id":"CVE-2023-39216","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-08-08"},{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"Path traversal in Zoom Desktop Client for Windows","id":"CVE-2023-36534","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-08-08"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Command injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2019-13567","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-07-12"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-15048","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-12-19"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Command injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-15049","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-12-19"},{"cvss_score":8.5,"headline":"Path traversal in Zoom","id":"CVE-2020-6109","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-06-08"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-10-04","vendors":["Zoom Video Communications, Inc."]},"summary":"An authenticated local user can escalate privileges via an untrusted search path in the Zoom Desktop Client installer.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-36540/"}