THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2021-30480
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2021-30480

Chat vulnerability

CVSS
8.5
EPSS
5.8%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Zoom Chat through 2021-04-09 on Windows and macOS allows certain remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code without user interaction. An attacker must be within the same organization, or an external party who has been accepted as a contact. NOTE: this is specific to the Zoom Chat software, which is different from the chat feature of the Zoom Meetings and Zoom Video Webinars software.
Affected vendor
Zoom
Affected product
Chat
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2021-04-09

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2021-30480

  • Confirm whether Zoom Chat is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2021-30480.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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