CVE-2022-3569

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

Synacor · Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS)

CVSS v3.1 NVD

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 55th percentile

Published

2022-10-17

Updated

2025-05-13

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169430/Zimbra-Privilege-Escalation.html

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/local/zimbra_postfix_priv_…

Security advisories

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/17141
• https://twitter.com/ldsopreload/status/1580539318879547392

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry