CVE-2023-36536 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Untrusted search path in the installer for Zoom Rooms for Windows before version 5.15.0 may allow an authenticated user to enable an escalation of privilege via local access.

Published: 2023-07-11

Score: 8.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Zoom Video Communications, Inc.

Zoom Rooms for Windows

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`before 5.15.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:zoom:rooms:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-40485	Untrusted search path in the installer for Zoom Rooms for Windows before version 5.15.0 may allow an authenticated user to enable an escalation of privilege via local access.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.002.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://explore.zoom.us/en/trust/security/security-bulletin/

History

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Zoom Rooms

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Zoom

Published: 2023-07-11T17:06:59.410Z

Updated: 2024-11-07T19:22:23.853Z

Reserved: 2023-06-22T18:04:31.169Z

Link: CVE-2023-36536

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T16:52:52.376Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-07-11T18:15:20.247

Modified: 2026-06-17T06:06:29.333

Link: CVE-2023-36536

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-426

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