CVE-2021-34409: 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…

PriorityP340high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.19%

8.6th percentile

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.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
zoom	meetings	< 5.2.0	5.2.0
zoom	rooms	< 5.1.0	5.1.0
zoom	screen_sharing	< 5.2.0	5.2.0
zoom_video_communications_inc	zoom_client_for_meetings_for_macos	>= unspecified < 5.2.0	5.2.0
zoom_video_communications_inc	zoom_client_plugin_for_sharing_iphone_ipad	>= unspecified < 5.2.0	5.2.0
zoom_video_communications_inc	zoom_rooms_for_conference	>= unspecified < 5.1.0	5.1.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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