CVE-2025-49457 (GCVE-0-2025-49457)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-12 22:54 – Updated: 2026-02-26 17:48
VLAI
Title
Zoom Clients for Windows - Untrusted Search Path
Summary
Untrusted search path in certain Zoom Clients for Windows may allow an unauthenticated user to conduct an escalation of privilege via network access
Severity
9.6 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2025-08-12 12:01
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