# CVE-2024-42439: Zoom Workplace Desktop App for macOS and Zoom Meeting SDK for macOS - Untrusted Search Path

> A privileged local user can escalate privileges via an untrusted search path in the Zoom Workplace macOS installer.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 14 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 16 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9jpm-269x-j69q

## What is CVE-2024-42439?

CVE-2024-42439 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zoom Meeting Software Development Kit, published on 14 Aug 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

Untrusted search path in the installer for Zoom Workplace Desktop App for macOS and Zoom Meeting SDK for macOS before 6.1.0 may allow a privileged user to conduct an escalation of privilege via local access.

Weakness: CWE-426 (Untrusted Search Path)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42439?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Zoom Meeting Software Development Kit, Zoom Workplace Desktop.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-42439?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-42439 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-42439 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42439 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Zoom Meeting Software Development Kit

- [CVE-2025-49457](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49457/): Zoom Clients for Windows - Untrusted Search Path (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2024-24691](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24691/): Privilege escalation in Zoom Desktop Client for Windows, Zoom VDI Client for Windows, and Zoom Meeting SDK for Windows (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2025-30663](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-30663/): Zoom Workplace Apps - Time-of-check Time-of-use (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-0147](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0147/): Zoom Workplace App for Linux - Type Confusion (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-49647](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49647/): Zoom Desktop Client for Windows - Improper Access Control (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-42439 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-42439 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zoom Meeting Software Development Kit, published on 14 Aug 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-2024-42439 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Zoom Meeting Software Development Kit. 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-2024-42439/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42439/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42439
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42439
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-42439

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42439/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.