Are you working on Windows 7 Zoom? .. a new application vulnerability that threatens the security of many users

Technology interested sites have confirmed that the developer of the famous Zoom application to communicate via video is currently working to correct a software vulnerability that could threaten the security of the information of many users of the application.

According to experts at ACROS Security, which specializes in data security, the mentioned vulnerability, dubbed "Zero Day", threatens users of the Zoom application who use the application from computers using Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 and earlier versions of Windows.

According to experts, this vulnerability does not affect users of the application from phones, or users of computers with Windows 8 or Windows 10 systems.

"This vulnerability could allow Internet hackers to implement random code on the victim's computer where Zoom Client is installed for the Windows operating system by having the user perform some usual actions such as opening a document, and the most dangerous of that is that the operating system It does not give any warning to the user while performing an electronic attack on his device. "

"Our company notified the company responsible for Zoom of the existence of this vulnerability, and we issued a security update to prevent such kind of attacks, pending the latter launching an update to implement it to deal with the matter."

Across did not refer to any kind of technical details about this zero-day vulnerability, but in a statement ZDNet received today from a spokesman for Zoom, the company confirmed the vulnerability and accuracy of the report.

"ZOM takes all the vulnerabilities reports very seriously. We have received a report on a problem affecting users using Windows 7 and earlier versions. We have confirmed this problem and are currently working on correcting it to solve it quickly," the statement said.

A spokesman for Zoom was unable to adhere to a timetable, and only pledged to make it available if available due to the unpredictability of developing a comprehensive reform, however it was reported that they were currently working to repair the gap in progress.

After discovering several security issues with the Zoom service, the company temporarily halted development on all new features to focus only on security and privacy improvements and bug fixes.