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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2025-49457

Untrusted search path in certain Zoom Clients for Windows may allow an unauthenticated user to conduct an escalation of privilege via network access

HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.60%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.60%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Untrusted search path in certain Zoom Clients for Windows may allow an unauthenticated user to conduct an escalation of privilege via network access

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.60% probability · 47th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-426
Affected
zoom/meeting software development kit · zoom/rooms · zoom/rooms controller · zoom/workplace desktop · zoom/workplace virtual desktop infrastructure
Source
security@zoom.us

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.