CVE-2022-36926

Local Privilege Escalation in Zoom Rooms for macOS Clients

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Published Jan 9, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Zoom Rooms for macOS clients before version 5.11.3 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A local low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability to escalate their privileges to root.

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 Rooms for macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 5.11.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:zoom:rooms:*:*:*:*:*: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-2022-39584	Zoom Rooms for macOS clients before version 5.11.3 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A local low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability to escalate their privileges to root.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

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.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.440% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

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

History

Apr 9, 2025 3:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

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

Subscriptions

Zoom Rooms

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Apr 9, 2025, 2:31 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Zoom
Published: Jan 9, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Apr 9, 2025, 2:31 PM
Reserved: Jul 27, 2022, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 10:14 AM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 10:14 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:54 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 9, 2023, 7:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:54 AM

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