CVE-2022-36929 HIGH

CVE-2022-36929: Local Privilege Escalation in Zoom Rooms for Windows Clients

Vendor Zoom Video Communications Inc
Product Zoom Rooms for Windows
Weakness CWE-367
Published January 9, 2023
Last update April 9, 2025

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The Zoom Rooms Installer for Windows prior to 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 the SYSTEM user.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 9, 2023 CVE published
April 9, 2025 Record updated