CVE-2023-39213
Published: 08 August 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-39213 is a critical-severity Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding (CWE-176) vulnerability in Zoom Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. Its CVSS base score is 9.6 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 21.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-42947
Vulnerability details
Improper neutralization of special elements in Zoom Desktop Client for Windows and Zoom VDI Client before 5.15.2 may allow an unauthenticated user to enable an escalation of privilege via network access.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Developer assessments and testing (including injection-focused techniques) identify improper neutralization of special elements, and the verifiable flaw remediation corrects them pre-deployment.
Identifies indicators of injection attacks (command, SQL, LDAP, etc.) via anomaly and attack monitoring.