CVE-2022-36924 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Zoom Rooms Installer for Windows prior to 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 the SYSTEM user.

Published: 2022-11-17

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Zoom Video Communications Inc

Zoom Rooms Installer for Windows

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 5.12.6

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:zoom:rooms:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-39582	The Zoom Rooms Installer for Windows prior to 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 the SYSTEM user.

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 0.00047.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

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

History

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Zoom Rooms

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Zoom

Published: 2022-11-17T22:37:00.188Z

Updated: 2025-04-28T15:39:04.232Z

Reserved: 2022-07-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-36924

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:14:29.463Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-17T23:15:17.667

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:14:05.783

Link: CVE-2022-36924

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-427

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