CVE-2020-11469
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 1, 2020 at 10:01 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:50 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMeetings
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
Zoom Client for Meetings through 4.6.8 on macOS copies runwithroot to a user-writable temporary directory during installation, which allows a local process (with the user's privileges) to obtain root access by replacing runwithroot.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/04/01/a-message-to-our-users/x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://objective-see.com/blog/blog_0x56.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-552
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