CVE-2021-34409 vulnerability in Zoom Products
Published on September 27, 2021
Zoom Client Installer Local Privilege Escalation
It was discovered that the installation packages of the Zoom Client for Meetings for MacOS (Standard and for IT Admin) installation before version 5.2.0, Zoom Client Plugin for Sharing iPhone/iPad before version 5.2.0, and Zoom Rooms for Conference before version 5.1.0, copy pre- and post- installation shell scripts to a user-writable directory. In the affected products listed below, a malicious actor with local access to a user's machine could use this flaw to potentially run arbitrary system commands in a higher privileged context during the installation process.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-34409 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-34409
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Affected Versions
Zoom Video Communications Inc Zoom Client for Meetings for MacOS (Standard and for IT Admin):- Version unspecified and below 5.2.0 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 5.2.0 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 5.1.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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