Zoom Workplace app for macOS - Symlink Following
Symlink following in the installer for Zoom Workplace App for macOS before 6.2.10 may allow an authenticated user to conduct a denial of service via local access.
- Published
- Jan 30, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 13th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-59
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Report tools
Action score
20
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 5.0
- CNA · Zoom
- 3.9
- 1.1 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| zoom | meeting software development kit | cpe:2.3:a:zoom:meeting_software_development_kit |
| zoom | rooms | cpe:2.3:a:zoom:rooms |
| zoom | rooms controller | cpe:2.3:a:zoom:rooms_controller |
| zoom | video software development kit | cpe:2.3:a:zoom:video_software_development_kit |
| zoom | workplace desktop | cpe:2.3:a:zoom:workplace_desktop |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- zoom meeting software development kitbefore 6.2.10
- zoom roomsbefore 6.2.10
- zoom rooms controllerbefore 6.2.10
- zoom video software development kitbefore 6.2.10
- zoom workplace desktopbefore 6.2.10
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Zoom). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Zoom Communications, Inc Zoom Workplace app for macOS
- before 6.2.10affected
Same product
zoom: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2024-24691Zoom Desktop Client for Windows, Zoom VDI Client for Windows, and Zoom Meeting SDK for Windows - Improper Input Validation40Plan
- CVE-2025-62484Zoom Workplace Clients - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity39Monitor
- CVE-2025-64741Zoom Workplace for Android - Improper Authorization Handling39Monitor
- CVE-2025-0147Zoom Workplace App for Linux - Type Confusion39Monitor
- CVE-2025-49457Zoom Clients for Windows - Untrusted Search Path35Monitor
- CVE-2025-27440Zoom Apps - Heap-based Buffer Overflow35Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
- Obfuscated Files or Information: HTML SmugglingT1027.006
- Obfuscated Files or Information: Embedded PayloadsT1027.009
- Boot or Logon Autostart Execution:Shortcut ModificationT1547.009
- Hide Artifacts: Resource ForkingT1564.009
- Hijack Execution Flow: Executable Installer File Permissions WeaknessT1574.005
- Hijack Execution Flow: Services File Permissions WeaknessT1574.010
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.