// For flags

CVE-2022-3569

Zimbra Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

7.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

2
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Due to an issue with incorrect sudo permissions, Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) suffers from a local privilege escalation issue in versions 9.0.0 and prior, where the 'zimbra' user can effectively coerce postfix into running arbitrary commands as 'root'.

Debido a un problema con permisos incorrectos de sudo, Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) sufre un problema de escalada de privilegios local en versiones 9.0.0 y anteriores, donde el usuario "zimbra" puede efectivamente coaccionar a postfix para que ejecute comandos arbitrarios como "root"

*Credits: Originally reported by Twitter user @ldsopreload, validated by Ron Bowes of Rapid7
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2022-10-17 CVE Reserved
  • 2022-10-17 CVE Published
  • 2023-07-22 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-09-16 CVE Updated
  • 2024-09-16 First Exploit
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-271: Privilege Dropping / Lowering Errors
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Synacor
Search vendor "Synacor"
 Zimbra Collaboration Suite
Search vendor "Synacor" for product "Zimbra Collaboration Suite"
 <= 9.0.0
Search vendor "Synacor" for product "Zimbra Collaboration Suite" and version " <= 9.0.0"
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Affected