Zoom Client for Meetings < 5.1.0 Vulnerability (ZSB-21015)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 168798

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Synopsis

The remote host has an application installed that is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of Zoom Client for Meetings installed on the remote host is prior to 5.1.0. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ZSB-21015 advisory.

- In the Zoom Client for Meetings for Ubuntu Linux before version 5.1.0, there is an HTML injection flaw when sending a remote control request to a user in the process of in-meeting screen sharing. This could allow meeting participants to be targeted for social engineering attacks. Zoom addressed this issue in the 5.1.0 Zoom Client for Meetings for Ubuntu Linux release. Users can help keep themselves secure by applying current updates or downloading the latest Zoom software with all current security updates from https://zoom.us/download (CVE-2021-34419)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Zoom Client for Meetings 5.1.0 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 168798

File Name: zoom_client_ZSB-21015.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 12/15/2022

Updated: 10/23/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-34419

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:zoom:meetings, cpe:/a:zoom:zoom

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-34419

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