CVE-2023-34120 json
Improper privilege management in Zoom for Windows, Zoom Rooms for Windows, and Zoom VDI for Windows clients before 5.14.0 may allow an auth…
published 2023-06-13 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-38222
- cvss
- 8.7
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.1%
- EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 2%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Improper privilege management in Zoom for Windows, Zoom Rooms for Windows, and Zoom VDI for Windows clients before 5.14.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access. Users may potentially utilize higher level system privileges maintained by the Zoom client to spawn processes with escalated privileges.
Patch / fix
- zoom virtual_desktop_infrastructure 5.14.0
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 22 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 8.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L |
| 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 for Windows Client
- Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Zoom Rooms Client for Windows
- Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Zoom VDI for Windows Meeting Clients
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
References
-
explore.zoom.us
/en/trust/security/security-bulletin/
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-34120
- NVD CVE-2023-34120
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