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Zoom and Xerox Release Critical Security Updates Fixing Privilege Escalation and RCE Flaws

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()2 min read2
Analyze CVE-2025-49457 with Vani AIImpact, affected versions, exploitation, mitigations and detection

Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2025-49457
Untrusted search path in certain Zoom Clients for Windows may allow an unauthenticated user to conduct an escalation of privilege via network access
8.8<1%
CVE-2025-8356
+1 related CVE
In Xerox FreeFlow Core version 8.0.4, an attacker can exploit a Path Traversal vulnerability to access unauthorized files on the server
9.8
group max
15%

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2 min read at thehackernews.com

 Ravie Lakshmanan  Aug 13, 2025 Vulnerability / Software Security Zoom and Xerox have addressed critical security flaws in Zoom Clients for Windows and FreeFlow Core that could allow privilege escalation and remote code execution. The vulnerability impacting Zoom Clients for Windows, tracked as CVE-2025-49457 (CVSS score: 9.

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