Zoom Apps Windows privilege escalation via installer race condition before 6.0.0
CVE-2024-27238 Published on July 15, 2024
Zoom Apps and SDKs - Race Condition
Race condition in the installer for some Zoom Apps and SDKs for Windows before version 6.0.0 may allow an authenticated user to conduct a privilege escalation via local access.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-27238 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a TOCTTOU Vulnerability?
The software checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the software to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state. This weakness can be security-relevant when an attacker can influence the state of the resource between check and use. This can happen with shared resources such as files, memory, or even variables in multithreaded programs.
CVE-2024-27238 has been classified to as a TOCTTOU vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-27238
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Affected Versions
Zoom Communications, Inc Zoom Apps and SDKs:- Version before version 6.0.0 is affected.
- Before 6.0.0 is affected.
- Before 6.0.0. is affected.
- Before 6.0.0. is affected.
Exploit Probability
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