CVE-2020-11469
Zoom Client for Meetings through 4.6.8 on macOS copies runwithroot to a user-writable temporary...
Zoom Client for Meetings through 4.6.8 on macOS copies runwithroot to a user-writable temporary directory during installation, which allows a local process (with the user's privileges) to obtain root access by replacing runwithroot.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Zoom Client for Meetings through 4.6.8 on macOS copies runwithroot to a user-writable temporary directory during installation, which allows a local process (with the user's privileges) to obtain root access by replacing runwithroot.
- Record
CVE-2020-11469- CVSS 3.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AC:H/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:U/UI:R - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-3823
Zoom Client for Meetings through 4.6.8 on macOS copies runwithroot to a user-writable temporary directory during installation, which allows a local process (with the user's privileges) to obtain root access by replacing runwithroot.
- Record
EUVD-2020-3823- CVSS 3.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AC:H/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:U/UI:R - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-689v-55v7-867w
Zoom Client for Meetings through 4.6.8 on macOS copies runwithroot to a user-writable temporary...
Zoom Client for Meetings through 4.6.8 on macOS copies runwithroot to a user-writable temporary directory during installation, which allows a local process (with the user's privileges) to obtain root access by replacing runwithroot.
- Record
GHSA-689v-55v7-867w- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Zoom Client for Meetings through 4.6.8 on macOS copies runwithroot to a user-writable temporary directory during installation, which allows a local process (with the user's privileges) to obtain root access by replacing runwithroot.
- Record
CVE-2020-11469- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-552
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-11469 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Zoom Meetings, published April 1, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.42%, the 36th percentile. No source names a fixed version.