What is CVE-2022-36930?

CVE-2022-36930 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zoom Rooms, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-01-09.

How severe is CVE-2022-36930?

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

Vulnerability in Zoom Rooms

CVE-2022-36930

Zoom Rooms for Windows installers before version 5.13.0 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A local low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability in an attack chain to escalate their privileges to the SYSTEM user.

Published 2023-01-09 · 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: 0.005 (39.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 39.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Zoom Rooms
Zoom Video Communications Inc Rooms 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-2022-36930?: CVE-2022-36930 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zoom Rooms, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-01-09.
How severe is CVE-2022-36930?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.