CVE-2022-28751

Local Privilege Escalation in Zoom Client for Meetings for MacOS

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The Zoom Client for Meetings for MacOS (Standard and for IT Admin) before version 5.11.3 contains a vulnerability in the package signature validation during the update process. A local low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability to escalate their privileges to root.

Zoom Client for Meetings para MacOS (estándar y para IT Admin) versiones anteriores a 5.11.3, contiene una vulnerabilidad en la comprobación de la firma del paquete durante el proceso de actualización. Un usuario local poco privilegiado podría aprovechar esta vulnerabilidad para escalar sus privilegios a root.

*Credits: Patrick Wardle of Objective-See

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-04-06 CVE Reserved
2022-08-17 CVE Published
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-347: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://explore.zoom.us/en/trust/security/security-bulletin	2022-08-19

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Zoom Search vendor "Zoom"		Meetings Search vendor "Zoom" for product "Meetings"				< 5.11.3 Search vendor "Zoom" for product "Meetings" and version " < 5.11.3"		macos		Affected