# CVE-2024-27244: Zoom Workplace VDI App for Windows - Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

> An authenticated local user can escalate privileges due to insufficient verification of data authenticity in the Zoom Workplace VDI App installer.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 15 May 2024
- **Updated:** 20 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-53jq-549v-3fjg

## What is CVE-2024-27244?

CVE-2024-27244 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zoom Workplace Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, published on 15 May 2024. 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

Insufficient verification of data authenticity in the installer for Zoom Workplace  VDI App for Windows may allow an authenticated user to conduct an escalation of privilege via local access.

Weakness: CWE-347 (Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27244?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Zoom Workplace Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-27244?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-27244 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-27244 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27244 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Zoom Workplace Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

- [CVE-2026-53411](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53411/): Zoom Workplace VDI Plugin for Windows - Improper Input Validation (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2026-30905](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-30905/): Path traversal in Zoom Workplace VDI Plugin (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-64740](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-64740/): Zoom Workplace VDI Client for Windows - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-30662](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-30662/): Zoom Workplace VDI Plugin macOS Universal Installer - Symlink Following (medium 6.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-27244 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-27244 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zoom Workplace Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, published on 15 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27244 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Zoom Workplace Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. 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-2024-27244/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27244/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-27244
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27244
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-27244

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27244/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.