CVE-2022-3569 (GCVE-0-2022-3569)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-17 22:45 – Updated: 2025-05-13 15:04
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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'.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-13 15:03 UTC
CWE
- CWE-271 - Privilege Dropping / Lowering Errors
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Synacor | Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) |
Affected:
9.0.0 , ≤ 9.0.0
(custom)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2022-10-13 00:00
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