Local Privilege Escalation in Zoom Rooms for Windows Clients
Priority LOW 36CWE-367Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Zoom Rooms Installer for Windows prior to 5.12.6 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A local low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability during the install process to escalate their privileges to the SYSTEM user.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00295 22nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Zoom Rooms for Windows (Zoom Video Communications Inc): 5.12.7
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoom Video Communications, Inc. | Zoom Rooms for Windows | before 5.12.7 | 5.12.7 | Patch available | CNA |
- Zoom Rooms for Windows VendorZoom Video Communications, Inc. Affected before 5.12.7 Fixed in 5.12.7 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:zoom:rooms:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* | before 5.12.7 | Vulnerable | Zoom Video Communications, Inc. |
- cpe:2.3:a:zoom:rooms:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* Versions before 5.12.7 Vulnerable ·Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Zoom Rooms for Windows (Zoom Video Communications Inc) Fixed in 5.12.7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-36929
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w8m5-vmmq-x59w
References
More Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Rooms vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-16222 Zoom Desktop Client for Windows, Zoom VDI Client for Windows, and Zoom Meeting SDK for… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-31505 Zoom Clients for Windows - Untrusted Search Path CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2022-07035 Update package downgrade in Zoom Client for Meetings for Windows CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-30470 Zoom Apps - Buffer Overflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-17145 Local Privilege Escalation in Zoom Rooms for Windows Installers CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-20275 Zoom Apps - Heap-based Buffer Overflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2022-36929 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-36929 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w8m5-vmmq-x59w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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