Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-15049

RCE

Title: Zoom RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2017-15049

CWE Category CWE-78

Published Date Dec 19, 2017

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 8.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

17.05%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2017-15049: The ZoomLauncher binary in the Zoom client for Linux before 2.0.115900.1201 does not properly sanitize user input when constructing a shell command, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging the zoommtg:// scheme handler.

Impacted Vendors

zoom 1

mattermost 1

Reference Links

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145453/Zoom-Linux-Client-2.0.106600.0904-Command-Injection.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/47 https://github.com/convisoappsec/advisories/blob/master/2017/CONVISO-17-003.txt https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43354/ http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145453/Zoom-Linux-Client-2.0.106600.0904-Command-Injection.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/47 https://github.com/convisoappsec/advisories/blob/master/2017/CONVISO-17-003.txt https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43354/

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

9.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns