Vulnerability · Published Oct 17, 2022 · Assigned by rapid7
CVE-2022-3569
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) from Synacor. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 44.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack tooling1Metasploit
Official description
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'.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Synacor | Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) | 9.0.0 – through 9.0.0 |
Weakness: CWE-271 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H