High severity · published Feb 25, 2025
CVE-2024-45418
Zoom Apps for macOS - Symbolic Link Following
8.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Symlink following in the installer for some Zoom apps for macOS before version 6.1.5 may allow an authenticated user to conduct an escalation of privilege via network access.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ZA
Zoom Apps for macOS · Zoom Communications, Inc
before 6.1.5 · source: vendor
MS
Meeting Software Development Kit · Zoom
before 6.1.5 · source: NVD
RO
Rooms · Zoom
before 6.1.5 · source: NVD
VS
Video Software Development Kit · Zoom
before 6.1.5 · source: NVD
WD
Workplace Desktop · Zoom
before 6.1.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45418
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45418
Vendor Advisory
https://www.zoom.com/en/trust/security-bulletin/zsb-24040/
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