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RoomsApplication · Zoom

CVE-2022-36929

HIGH · 7.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2023-01-09
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.12.7 or later.
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80/100
Remediation priority · High
Zero-click

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 · unedited
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.

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 confidence

The Zoom Rooms Installer for Windows prior to version 5.12.6 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. During the installation process, a low-privileged local user can exploit improper privilege handling to gain SYSTEM-level permissions, allowing complete control over the affected system.

MitigationUpdate Zoom Rooms Installer for Windows to version 5.12.6 or later to remediate this vulnerability. Organizations should review and apply the patch promptly, especially in multi-user environments where unprivileged users have local access.

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
RoomsApplication
Affected:< 5.12.7

CVSS 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 checks

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  1. Locate Zoom Rooms installation on Windows
    Check for Zoom Rooms installation in typical Windows locations: C:\Program Files\Zoom Rooms, or look for Zoom Rooms in Add/Remove Programs (appwiz.cpl), or check the Windows Registry under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall for Zoom Rooms entries.
    Affected if Zoom Rooms is installed on the system.
  2. Identify installed Zoom Rooms version
    Right-click the Zoom Rooms executable in the installation folder and select Properties, then view the Details tab for Version information. Alternatively, run 'Get-ItemProperty' in PowerShell against the uninstall registry key for Zoom Rooms to retrieve the DisplayVersion value.
    Affected if Unable to retrieve a version number.
  3. Compare version against vulnerable range
    Compare the installed version number to 5.12.7. Versions less than 5.12.7 (such as 5.12.6, 5.12.5, 5.11.x, etc.) are affected by CVE-2022-36929.
    Affected if Installed version is lower than 5.12.7.
  4. Verify if installer was run with elevated privileges
    Review installation logs or check the ACLs on the Zoom Rooms installation directory. The vulnerability exploits improper privilege handling during the installation process, so the installer must have been run with elevated (administrator) privileges at some point.
    Affected if Installer was previously run with elevated privileges on this system.

If Zoom Rooms for Windows is installed with a version lower than 5.12.7, the environment is vulnerable to local privilege escalation via the installer.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 5.12.7 or later
Fixed in 5.12.7
Interim mitigation

Update Zoom Rooms Installer for Windows to version 5.12.6 or later to remediate this vulnerability. Organizations should review and apply the patch promptly, especially in multi-user environments where unprivileged users have local access.

Recommended fix High confidence

5.12.7 or later for Zoom Rooms Windows

  1. Download Zoom Rooms for Windows version 5.12.7 or later from the official Zoom website or vendor portal
  2. Install the updated Zoom Rooms installer on the affected Windows machine
  3. Verify the installation completed successfully and the installed version is 5.12.7 or higher

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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