What is CVE-2022-36929?

CVE-2022-36929 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zoom Rooms, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-01-09.

How severe is CVE-2022-36929?

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

Vulnerability in Zoom Rooms

CVE-2022-36929

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.

Vulnerability class: TOCTOU (Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use)

Published 2023-01-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (19.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 19.1% 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 For Windows — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-36929?: CVE-2022-36929 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zoom Rooms, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-01-09.
How severe is CVE-2022-36929?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.