Security Features in Zoom Workplace Desktop App for Windows - CVE-2020-11876
Published: April 21, 2020 / Updated: June 30, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU27053
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11876
CWE-ID: CWE-254
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
Affected software:
Zoom Workplace Desktop App for Windows
Zoom Workplace Desktop App for Windows
Detailed vulnerability description
This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security rescritions feature.
The vulnerability exists due to the "airhost.exe" uses the SHA-256 hash of 0123425234234fsdfsdr3242 for initialization of an OpenSSL EVP AES-256 CBC context. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to the application.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-11876
Install update from vendor's website.