CVE-2024-27238 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Race condition in the installer for some Zoom Apps and SDKs for Windows before version 6.0.0 may allow an authenticated user to conduct a privilege escalation via local access.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.001.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Zoom	Meeting Software Development Kit Rooms Workplace Desktop

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:zoom:meeting_software_development_kit::::::windows::*
	cpe:2.3:a:zoom:rooms::::::windows::*
	cpe:2.3:a:zoom:workplace_desktop::::::windows::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-24477	Race condition in the installer for some Zoom Apps and SDKs for Windows before version 6.0.0 may allow an authenticated user to conduct a privilege escalation via local access.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.zoom.com/en/trust/security-bulletin/zsb-24021

History

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Zoom Zoom meeting Software Development Kit Zoom rooms Zoom workplace Desktop
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:zoom:meeting_software_development_kit::::::windows::* cpe:2.3:a:zoom:rooms::::::windows::* cpe:2.3:a:zoom:workplace_desktop::::::windows::*
Vendors & Products		Zoom Zoom meeting Software Development Kit Zoom rooms Zoom workplace Desktop

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Zoom

Published: 2024-07-15T17:20:39.157Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:27:59.915Z

Reserved: 2024-02-21T21:15:32.631Z

Link: CVE-2024-27238

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:27:59.915Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-07-15T18:15:03.633

Modified: 2025-08-05T13:41:14.170

Link: CVE-2024-27238

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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