8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
The Zoom Client for Meetings for macOS (Standard and for IT Admin) starting with version 5.7.3 and before 5.11.6 contains a vulnerability in the auto update process. A local low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability to escalate their privileges to root.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(165177);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/03/23");
script_cve_id("CVE-2022-28757");
script_name(english:"Zoom Client 5.7.3 < 5.11.6 Privilege Escalation");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host has an application installed that is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Zoom Client for Meetings for macOS (Standard and for IT Admin) starting with version 5.7.3 and before 5.11.6
contains a vulnerability in the auto update process. A local low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability to
escalate their privileges to root.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
# https://explore.zoom.us/en/trust/security/security-bulletin/?filter-cve=CVE-2022-28757
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?0008786f");
# https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201361963-Release-notes-for-macOS
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?8f673050");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Zoom Client for Meetings 5.11.6 or later.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"macosx");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2022-28757");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2022/08/17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/08/17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2022/09/15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/a:zoom:zoom_client_for_meetings");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:zoom:zoom");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2022-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("macosx_zoom_installed.nbin");
script_require_keys("Host/MacOSX/Version", "installed_sw/zoom");
exit(0);
}
include('vcf.inc');
get_kb_item_or_exit('Host/MacOSX/Version');
var app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:'zoom');
vcf::check_granularity(app_info:app_info, sig_segments:3);
var constraints = [{ 'min_version' : '5.7.3', 'fixed_version' : '5.11.6' }];
vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
zoom | zoom_client_for_meetings | x-cpe:/a:zoom:zoom_client_for_meetings | |
zoom | zoom | cpe:/a:zoom:zoom |