Is CVE-2023-34120 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-34120 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-34120?

CVE-2023-34120 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.7 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-34120?

CVE-2023-34120 has an EPSS score of 0.13% (3th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-34120?

Upgrade virtual desktop infrastructure to 5.14.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-34120

HIGH

8.7

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Improper privilege management in Zoom for Windows, Zoom Rooms for Windows, and Zoom VDI for Windows clients before 5.14.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access. Users may potentially utilize higher level system privileges maintained by the Zoom client to spawn processes with escalated privileges.

CWE-347

How to fix

Remediation Available

virtual desktop infrastructureNVD

Affected:< 5.14.0Fixed in:5.14.0CVE-2023-34120derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.13%probability of exploitation in 30 days

3rdpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 3% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

explore.zoom.us

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2018-16042	Medium	6.5	82%	-	-
CVE-2025-59718	Critical	9.8	66%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-25292	Critical	9.8	64%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-22160	Critical	9.8	53%	-	Fix
CVE-2013-3900	Medium	5.5	45%	KEV	-
CVE-2018-0114	High	7.5	43%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.