CVE-2024-27247
Zoom Desktop Client for macOS - Improper Privilege Management
Improper privilege management in the installer for Zoom Desktop Client for macOS before version 5.17.10 may allow a privileged user to conduct an escalation of privilege via local access.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Zoom Desktop Client for macOS - Improper Privilege Management
Improper privilege management in the installer for Zoom Desktop Client for macOS before version 5.17.10 may allow a privileged user to conduct an escalation of privilege via local access.
- Record
CVE-2024-27247- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-347
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-24486
Improper privilege management in the installer for Zoom Desktop Client for macOS before version 5.17.10 may allow a privileged user to conduct an escalation of privilege via local access.
- Record
EUVD-2024-24486- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2w3g-r4c9-2jp8
Improper privilege management in the installer for Zoom Desktop Client for macOS before version 5...
Improper privilege management in the installer for Zoom Desktop Client for macOS before version 5.17.10 may allow a privileged user to conduct an escalation of privilege via local access.
- Record
GHSA-2w3g-r4c9-2jp8- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-269, CWE-347
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper privilege management in the installer for Zoom Desktop Client for macOS before version 5.17.10 may allow a privileged user to conduct an escalation of privilege via local access.
- Record
CVE-2024-27247- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-347
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-27247 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Zoom, published April 9, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.12%, the 1st percentile. No source names a fixed version.