# CVE-2023-43582: Privilege escalation in Zoom Clients

> An authorized user can escalate privileges via network access in Zoom clients, requiring users to update to the latest version.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 19 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4w34-678c-q5hp

## What is CVE-2023-43582?

CVE-2023-43582 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zoom Rooms, published on 14 Nov 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Improper authorization in some Zoom clients may allow an authorized user to conduct an escalation of privilege via network access.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication), CWE-939 (Improper Authorization in Handler for Custom URL Scheme)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-43582?

It affects 4 products.


Products: Zoom Meetings, Zoom Rooms, Zoom Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Zoom Zoom.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-43582?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-43582 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-43582 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-43582 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Zoom Rooms

- [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-2023-43582 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-43582 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zoom Rooms, published on 14 Nov 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-43582 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Zoom Rooms. 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-2023-43582/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43582/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-43582
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43582
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-43582

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43582/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.