Zoom has identified, and patched, a critical security hole that “may allow an unauthenticated user to conduct an account takeover via network access.”
The issue is especially significant given Zoom’s extensive reach; it reportedly has more than 300 million daily active users, including 470,000 paying business customers. Given that reach, Zoom has been impacted by many other security incidents and France recently tried banning its use by French government users.
Zoom security bulletins released Tuesday revealed the bug, and three other security issues, which Zoom patched on Wednesday.
The company originally said that the takeover issue impacted Zoom Desktop Client for Windows before version 7.0.0, Zoom VDI Client for Windows before version 7.0.10 and 6.6.15 and 6.5.18 in their respective branches, and Zoom Meeting SDK for Windows, but on Wednesday, without explanation, it removed Meeting SDK for Windows as an affected product.
The other three holes were less severe, but still significant, and they all involved privilege escalation. They impacted Zoom Workplace for Windows before version 7.0.5, Zoom Workplace VDI Client for Windows before 6.5.17 and 6.6.14 in their respective branches, Zoom Workplace VDI plugin for Windows before 6.5.17 and 6.6.14 in their respective branches, Zoom Rooms for Windows before 7.0.5 and Remote Control for Zoom Contact Center for Windows before version 7.0.0.
