CVE-2022-22781

Update package downgrade in Zoom Client for Meetings for MacOS

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Published Apr 28, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

The Zoom Client for Meetings for MacOS (Standard and for IT Admin) prior to version 5.9.6 failed to properly check the package version during the update process. This could lead to a malicious actor updating an unsuspecting user’s currently installed version to a less secure version.

Affected Products

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 Client for Meetings for MacOS (Standard and for IT Admin)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 5.9.6

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:zoom:meetings:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-27924	The Zoom Client for Meetings for MacOS (Standard and for IT Admin) prior to version 5.9.6 failed to properly check the package version during the update process. This could lead to a malicious actor updating an unsuspecting user’s currently installed version to a less secure version.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.427% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

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Subscriptions

Zoom Meetings

Weaknesses

CWE-354

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 9:03 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Zoom
Published: Apr 28, 2022, 2:59 PM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 9:03 PM
Reserved: Jan 7, 2022, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:29 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 28, 2022, 3:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:29 AM

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