What is CVE-2024-45418?

CVE-2024-45418 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zoom Meeting Software Development Kit, classified under UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-02-25.

How severe is CVE-2024-45418?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Zoom Meeting Software Development Kit

CVE-2024-45418

Symlink following in the installer for some Zoom apps for macOS before version 6.1.5 may allow an authenticated user to conduct an escalation of privilege via network access.

Published 2025-02-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (38.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 38.8% 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.zoom.com/en/trust/security-bulletin/zsb-24040/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-45418?: CVE-2024-45418 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zoom Meeting Software Development Kit, classified under UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-02-25.
How severe is CVE-2024-45418?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.