CVE-2023-34120

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Improper privilege management in Zoom for Windows, Zoom Rooms for Windows, and Zoom VDI for Windows clients before 5.14.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access. Users may potentially utilize higher level system privileges maintained by the Zoom client to spawn processes with escalated privileges.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-347

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Zoom Video Communications, Inc.	Zoom for Windows Client	before 5.14.0
Zoom Video Communications, Inc.	Zoom Rooms Client for Windows	before 5.14.0
Zoom Video Communications, Inc.	Zoom VDI for Windows Meeting Clients	before 5.14.0

References

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

Timeline

Published: Jun 13, 2023
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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