{"id":10630,"date":"2025-08-13T12:46:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T12:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=10630"},"modified":"2025-08-13T12:46:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T12:46:47","slug":"zoom-and-xerox-release-critical-security-updates-fixing-privilege-escalation-and-rce-flaws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zero.redgem.net\/?p=10630","title":{"rendered":"Zoom and Xerox Release Critical Security Updates Fixing Privilege Escalation and RCE Flaws_THN:131B2CD256749DF271772E46F9669123"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{&#8220;lastseen&#8221;:&#8221;2025-08-13T17:07:59&#8243;,&#8221;description&#8221;:&#8221;![](data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mP8Xw8AAoMBgDTD2qgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=)\\n\\nZoom and Xerox have addressed critical security flaws in Zoom Clients for Windows and FreeFlow Core that could allow privilege escalation and remote code execution. \\n\\nThe vulnerability impacting Zoom Clients for Windows, tracked as **CVE-2025-49457** (CVSS score: 9.6), relates to a case of an untrusted search path that could pave the way for privilege escalation.\\n\\n\\&#8221;Untrusted search path in certain Zoom Clients for Windows may allow an unauthenticated user to conduct an escalation of privilege via network access,\\&#8221; Zoom said in a security bulletin on Tuesday.\\n\\nThe issue, reported by its own Offensive Security team, affects the following products -\\n\\n  * Zoom Workplace for Windows before version 6.3.10\\n  * Zoom Workplace VDI for Windows before version 6.3.10 (except 6.1.16 and 6.2.12)\\n  * Zoom Rooms for Windows before version 6.3.10\\n  * Zoom Rooms Controller for Windows before version 6.3.10\\n  * Zoom Meeting SDK for Windows before version 6.3.10\\n\\n\\n\\n![Identity Security Risk Assessment](data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mP8Xw8AAoMBgDTD2qgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=)\\n\\nThe disclosure comes as multiple vulnerabilities have been disclosed in Xerox FreeFlow Core, the most severe of which could result in remote code execution. 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