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Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

CVE-2023-22883

High
7.2/10

Summary

Zoom Client for IT Admin Windows installers before version 5.13.5 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A local low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability in an attack chain during the installation process to escalate their privileges to the SYSTEM user.

  • HIGH
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

The software checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the software to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state.

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  • Published