CVE-2024-45418
Zoom Meeting Software Development Kit ≤ 6.1.5
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NSummary
CVE-2024-45418 is a medium-severity UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following (CWE-61) vulnerability in Zoom Meeting Software Development Kit. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Path Interception (T1034); ranked at the 38th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-4 (Information Flow Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2024-45418 involves symlink following in the installer for some Zoom apps on macOS versions before 6.1.5. This vulnerability, tied to CWE-61 (Symbolic Link Following) and CWE-59 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access), carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) and was published on 2025-02-25.
An authenticated user with network access can exploit the issue during the installation process, requiring low attack complexity, user interaction, and low privileges. Successful exploitation enables escalation of privilege, with changed scope leading to limited impacts on confidentiality and integrity but no availability disruption.
Zoom's security bulletin at https://www.zoom.com/en/trust/security-bulletin/zsb-24040/ addresses the vulnerability, recommending an update to version 6.1.5 or later as the primary mitigation.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-53926
Vulnerability Data
Symlink following in the installer for some Zoom apps for macOS before version 6.1.5 may allow an authenticated user to conduct an escalation of privilege via network access.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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- 2 hardening rules · 2 OS baselines
V15.4.2V5.2.5
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Access enforcement must resolve the actual target of any file reference and apply authorizations to it, directly stopping symlink traversal to unauthorized objects.
Information-flow enforcement on file operations must follow the resolved target rather than the link name, blocking unauthorized data movement via symlinks.
Least-privilege restrictions on the directories that may contain links or targets reduce the set of files an attacker can reach even if a symlink is followed.
Validating file-name inputs can reject or canonicalize names that resolve to links before access occurs.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly prevent introduction of symlink-following flaws in file-handling code.
Vulnerability identification can discover existing symlink issues but does not prevent or remediate them in code.
Least-privilege access policies can limit damage from symlink attacks but do not address the coding flaw itself.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing can detect symlink-following vulnerabilities before deployment, covering most of the weakness.
Secure SDLC practices can mandate link-resolution checks and canonicalization before file access.
Application security requirements can explicitly require safe handling of symbolic links and path traversal.
Secure-architecture principles require safe file-handling and canonicalization, directly addressing symlink attacks.
Secure-coding standards mandate explicit symlink checks and safe open patterns, fully mitigating CWE-61.
Access-control rules can restrict which files a process may open, reducing symlink-following risk but not eliminating the underlying path-resolution flaw.
Hardening callouts derived
Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).
Oracle Linux 8 (1 rule)
- V-248577 OL 8 must enable kernel parameters to enforce Discretionary Access Control (DAC) on symlinks. prevents CWE-61