CVE-2023-34120 (GCVE-0-2023-34120)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-13 17:38 – Updated: 2025-01-02 20:10
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Summary
Improper privilege management in Zoom for Windows, Zoom Rooms for Windows, and Zoom VDI for Windows clients before 5.14.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access. Users may potentially utilize higher level system privileges maintained by the Zoom client to spawn processes with escalated privileges.
Severity ?
8.7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-347 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Zoom for Windows Client Affected: before 5.14.0
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