cvelist/2021/34xxx/CVE-2021-34409.json

{
    "CVE_data_meta": {
        "AKA": "Zoom Communications Inc",
        "ASSIGNER": "security@zoom.us",
        "DATE_PUBLIC": "2021-12-14T15:00:00.000Z",
        "ID": "CVE-2021-34409",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC",
        "TITLE": "Zoom Client Installer Local Privilege Escalation"
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "Zoom Client for Meetings for MacOS (Standard and for IT Admin)",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_affected": "<",
                                            "version_value": "5.2.0"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "product_name": "Zoom Client Plugin for Sharing iPhone/iPad",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_affected": "<",
                                            "version_value": "5.2.0"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "product_name": "Zoom Rooms for Conference",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_affected": "<",
                                            "version_value": "5.1.0"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    "vendor_name": "Zoom Video Communications Inc"
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "credit": [
        {
            "lang": "eng",
            "value": "Lockheed Martin Red Team"
        }
    ],
    "data_format": "MITRE",
    "data_type": "CVE",
    "data_version": "4.0",
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "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."
            }
        ]
    },
    "impact": {
        "cvss": {
            "attackComplexity": "HIGH",
            "attackVector": "LOCAL",
            "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
            "baseScore": 7.8,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
            "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
            "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
            "scope": "CHANGED",
            "userInteraction": "NONE",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
            "version": "3.1"
        }
    },
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "url": "https://explore.zoom.us/en/trust/security/security-bulletin",
                "name": "https://explore.zoom.us/en/trust/security/security-bulletin"
            }
        ]
    },
    "source": {
        "discovery": "USER"
    }
}