CVE-2022-28768 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Zoom Client for Meetings Installer for macOS (Standard and for IT Admin) before version 5.12.6 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A local low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability during the install process to escalate their privileges to root.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00185.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Zoom	Meetings

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:zoom:meetings:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-33207	The Zoom Client for Meetings Installer for macOS (Standard and for IT Admin) before version 5.12.6 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A local low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability during the install process to escalate their privileges to root.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://explore.zoom.us/en/trust/security/security-bulletin/

History

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Zoom

Published: 2022-11-17T22:36:53.034Z

Updated: 2025-04-29T19:40:00.725Z

Reserved: 2022-04-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-28768

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T06:03:52.584Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-17T23:15:15.593

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:57:53.720

Link: CVE-2022-28768

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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