CVE-2022-36925
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedZoom Rooms for macOS clients before version 5.11.4 contain an insecure key generation mechanism. The encryption key used for IPC between the Zoom Rooms daemon service and the Zoom Rooms client was generated using parameters that could be obtained by a local low-privileged application. That key can then be used to interact with the daemon service to execute privileged functions and cause a local denial of service.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceZoom Rooms for macOS before version 5.11.4 uses an insecure key generation mechanism for IPC encryption between the Zoom Rooms daemon service and client. A local low-privileged attacker can obtain the key generation parameters and use the derived key to interact with the privileged daemon service, enabling arbitrary privileged function execution and causing local denial of service.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 5.11.4CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Zoom Rooms for macOS is installedCheck if ZoomRooms.app exists in /Applications folder using: ls -la /Applications/ | grep -i 'Zoom Rooms' or ls -la ~/Applications/ | grep -i 'Zoom Rooms'Affected if The application is not present in either location
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Determine installed Zoom Rooms versionRun: defaults read /Applications/ZoomRooms.app/Contents/Info.plist CFBundleShortVersionString to read the version numberAffected if Unable to read version (Zoom Rooms may not be installed)
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Compare version to affected rangeCompare the obtained version number to 5.11.4. Any version lower than 5.11.4 (e.g., 5.11.3, 5.10.5, etc.) is affectedAffected if Version is less than 5.11.4 (e.g., 5.11.3, 5.10.5, 5.9.x, etc.)
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Check for Zoom Rooms daemon processRun: ps aux | grep -i 'zoom rooms' to see if the Zoom Rooms daemon (zoomroomsd) or client is currently runningAffected if No running process found (Zoom Rooms may not be active but the vulnerable version is still installed)
If Zoom Rooms for macOS is installed with a version lower than 5.11.4, the environment is affected by this vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped5.11.4
Upgrade Zoom Rooms for macOS to version 5.11.4 or later to obtain the fixed key generation mechanism.
Zoom Rooms for macOS version 5.11.4 or later
- Navigate to the Zoom Rooms for macOS download page at explore.zoom.us
- Locate the Zoom Rooms for macOS client installer
- Verify the version is 5.11.4 or later before downloading
- Download and install the Zoom Rooms client
- Restart the Zoom Rooms service if needed to apply the update
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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