CVE-2022-3569

high

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'.

References

https://twitter.com/ldsopreload/status/1580539318879547392

https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/17141

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-10-17

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0222