CVE-2023-36540 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Untrusted search path in the installer for Zoom Desktop Client for Windows before 5.14.5 may allow an authenticated user to enable an escalation of privilege via local access.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00034.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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 Desktop Client for Windows

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`before 5.14.5`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Zoom Subscribe	Zoom Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-40489	Untrusted search path in the installer for Zoom Desktop Client for Windows before 5.14.5 may allow an authenticated user to enable an escalation of privilege via local access.

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

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 19:15:00 +0000

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

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Zoom

Published: 2023-08-08T17:05:59.963Z

Updated: 2024-10-04T17:30:41.001Z

Reserved: 2023-06-22T18:04:31.169Z

Link: CVE-2023-36540

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T16:52:52.352Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-08T18:15:14.293

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:09:53.973

Link: CVE-2023-36540

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-426

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