Information disclosure in Zoom Workplace Desktop App for Windows and Zoom Workplace Desktop App for macOS - CVE-2022-22779
Published: May 24, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU63592
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22779
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the Keybase clients for macOS and Windows does not properly remove exploded messages initiated by a user. This can occur if the receiving user switches to a non-chat feature and places the host in a sleep state before the sending user explodes the messages. This could lead to disclosure of sensitive information which was meant to be deleted from a user’s filesystem.
Affected software
Zoom Workplace Desktop App for Windows
Zoom Workplace Desktop App for macOS
Zoom Workplace Desktop App for macOS
How to mitigate CVE-2022-22779
Install updates from vendor's website.
Zoom Workplace Desktop App for Windows - update to 5.9.0 2481
Zoom Workplace Desktop App for macOS - update to 5.9.0 3377
Zoom Workplace Desktop App for macOS - update to 5.9.0 3377