# CVE-2024-27247: Zoom Desktop Client for macOS - Improper Privilege Management

> A local privileged user can escalate privileges via improper privilege management in the Zoom Desktop Client for macOS installer.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 20 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2w3g-r4c9-2jp8

## What is CVE-2024-27247?

CVE-2024-27247 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zoom Zoom, published on 9 Apr 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

Improper privilege management in the installer for Zoom Desktop Client for macOS before version 5.17.10 may allow a privileged user to conduct an escalation of privilege via local access.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27247?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Zoom Zoom.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-27247?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-27247 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-27247 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27247 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Zoom Zoom

- [CVE-2018-15715](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15715/): Missing authorization in Zoom (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-39216](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39216/): Cross-site scripting in Zoom Desktop Client for Windows (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2023-36534](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-36534/): Path traversal in Zoom Desktop Client for Windows (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2019-13567](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-13567/): Command injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-15048](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-15048/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-27247 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-27247 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zoom Zoom, published on 9 Apr 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-2024-27247 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Zoom Zoom. 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-2024-27247/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27247/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-27247
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27247
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-27247

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27247/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.