High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 27, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-34409
CVE-2021-34409
Description
It was discovered that the installation packages of the Zoom Client for Meetings for MacOS (Standard and for IT Admin) installation before version 5.2.0, Zoom Client Plugin for Sharing iPhone/iPad before version 5.2.0, and Zoom Rooms for Conference before version 5.1.0, copy pre- and post- installation shell scripts to a user-writable directory. In the affected products listed below, a malicious actor with local access to a user's machine could use this flaw to potentially run arbitrary system commands in a higher privileged context during the installation process.
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Affected products
6- Range: <5.2.0
- Range: <5.2.0
- Range: <5.1.0
- Zoom Video Communications Inc/Zoom Client for Meetings for MacOS (Standard and for IT Admin)v5Range: unspecified
- Zoom Video Communications Inc/Zoom Client Plugin for Sharing iPhone/iPadv5Range: unspecified
- Range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- explore.zoom.us/en/trust/security/security-bulletinnvdVendor Advisory
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