What is CVE-2022-36924?

CVE-2022-36924 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zoom Rooms, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-11-17.

How severe is CVE-2022-36924?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Zoom Rooms

CVE-2022-36924

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.

Published 2022-11-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (15.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 16th percentile — 15.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Zoom Rooms
Zoom Video Communications Inc Rooms Installer For Windows — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

explore.zoom.us/en/trust/security/security-bulletin/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-36924?: CVE-2022-36924 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zoom Rooms, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-11-17.
How severe is CVE-2022-36924?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.