CVE-2022-36929 - 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: 2023-01-09

Score: 7.8 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 for Windows

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 5.12.7

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-2022-39587	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 High

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 0.00125.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

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

History

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +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: 2023-01-09T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-09T14:27:39.256Z

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

Link: CVE-2022-36929

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:21:31.978Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-09T19:15:11.540

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:14:06.463

Link: CVE-2022-36929

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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