Vulnerability · Published Sep 26, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-41347
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 36% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 63.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in Zimbra Collaboration (ZCS) 8.8.x and 9.x (e.g., 8.8.15). The Sudo configuration permits the zimbra user to execute the NGINX binary as root with arbitrary parameters. As part of its intended functionality, NGINX can load a user-defined configuration file, which includes plugins in the form of .so files, which also execute as root.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Zimbra_Security_Advisories x_refsource_MISC
- https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Security_Center x_refsource_MISC
- https://darrenmartyn.ie/2021/10/25/zimbra-nginx-local-root-exploit/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/darrenmartyn/zimbra-hinginx x_refsource_MISC