What is CVE-2020-9767?

CVE-2020-9767 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zoom Sharing Service, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-08-14.

How severe is CVE-2020-9767?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-9767 known to be exploited?

6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Zoom Sharing Service

CVE-2020-9767

A vulnerability related to Dynamic-link Library (“DLL”) loading in the Zoom Sharing Service would allow an attacker who had local access to a machine on which the service was running with elevated privileges to elevate their system privileges as well through use of a malicious DLL. Zoom addressed this issue, which only applies to Windows users, in the 5.0.4 client release.

EPSS: 0.008 (52.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Zoom Sharing_service — versions 5.0.4
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-9767?: CVE-2020-9767 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zoom Sharing Service, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-08-14.
How severe is CVE-2020-9767?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-9767 known to be exploited?: 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.