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Zoom has fixed a major vulnerability in its Windows apps that allowed threat actors to escalate privileges remotely.

The flaw is tracked as CVE-2024-24691 and carries a severity rating of 9.6 - critical.

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The company advises users to apply the patch as soon as possible to protect their endpoints.

It rose to prominence during the Covid-19 pandemic, quickly becoming the most-used program in the world.

At one point, it had 300 million daily meeting users.

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