CVE-2023-22883
Local Privilege Escalation in Zoom for Windows Installers
Zoom Client for IT Admin Windows installers before version 5.13.5 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A local low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability in an attack chain during the installation process to escalate their privileges to the SYSTEM user.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Local Privilege Escalation in Zoom for Windows Installers
Zoom Client for IT Admin Windows installers before version 5.13.5 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A local low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability in an attack chain during the installation process to escalate their privileges to the SYSTEM user.
- Record
CVE-2023-22883- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-367
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-26993
Zoom Client for IT Admin Windows installers before version 5.13.5 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A local low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability in an attack chain during the installation process to escalate their privileges to the SYSTEM user.
- Record
EUVD-2023-26993- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9p9p-7h6v-q4v7
Zoom Client for IT Admin Windows installers before version 5.13.5 contain a local privilege...
Zoom Client for IT Admin Windows installers before version 5.13.5 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A local low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability in an attack chain during the installation process to escalate their privileges to the SYSTEM user.
- Record
GHSA-9p9p-7h6v-q4v7- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Zoom Client for IT Admin Windows installers before version 5.13.5 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A local low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability in an attack chain during the installation process to escalate their privileges to the SYSTEM user.
- Record
CVE-2023-22883- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H - 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-367
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-22883 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Zoom Meetings, published March 16, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.18%, the 8th percentile. No source names a fixed version.