Zoom Client for Meetings < 5.11.0 Vulnerability (ZSB-22016)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 168823

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Synopsis

The remote host has an application installed that is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of Zoom Client for Meetings installed on the remote host is prior to 5.11.0. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ZSB-22016 advisory.

- The Zoom Client for Meetings (for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows) before version 5.11.0 are susceptible to a URL parsing vulnerability. If a malicious Zoom meeting URL is opened, the malicious link may direct the user to connect to an arbitrary network address, leading to additional attacks including the potential for remote code execution through launching executables from arbitrary paths. *Changes - 2022-10-24 - Added Zoom Rooms to the Affected Products section. Users can help keep themselves secure by applying current updates or downloading the latest Zoom software with all current security updates from https://zoom.us/download. (CVE-2022-28755)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Zoom Client for Meetings 5.11.0 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 168823

File Name: zoom_client_ZSB-22016.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 12/15/2022

Updated: 12/16/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-28755

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:zoom:zoom, cpe:/a:zoom:meetings

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/9/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-28755

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