CVE-2022-36929: Local Privilege Escalation in Zoom Rooms for Windows Clients

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-01-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-367

Description

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.

Affected products

Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Zoom Rooms for Windows: before 5.12.7 — fixed in 5.12.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Zoom Rooms for Windows 5.12.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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

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