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high 8.8

CVE-2022-28768 json

Local Privilege Escalation in Zoom Client Installer for macOS

published 3y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-33207

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Zoom Client for Meetings Installer for macOS (Standard and for IT Admin) before version 5.12.6 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A local low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability during the install process to escalate their privileges to root.

Patch / fix

  • Zoom Video Communications Inc Zoom Client for Meetings Installer for macOS (Standard and for IT Admin) 5.12.6

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Zoom Video Communications Inc Zoom Client for Meetings Installer for macOS (Standard and for IT Admin)

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-689 Permission Race Condition During Resource Copy
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

References

Sources

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