CVE-2021-34419 (GCVE-0-2021-34419)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-11 22:59 – Updated: 2024-09-17 04:04
VLAI
Title
HTML injection in Zoom Linux client
Summary
In the Zoom Client for Meetings for Ubuntu Linux before version 5.1.0, there is an HTML injection flaw when sending a remote control request to a user in the process of in-meeting screen sharing. This could allow meeting participants to be targeted for social engineering attacks.
Severity
3.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2021-11-12 00:00
Credits
Danny de Weille and Rick Verdoes of hackdefense
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