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CVE-2022-3569

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-10-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-271

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

• Zimbra Collaboration: through 9.0.0

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169430/Zimbra-Privilege-Escalation.html
• https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/17141
• https://twitter.com/ldsopreload/status/1580539318879547392
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169430/Zimbra-Privilege-Escalation.html
• https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/17141
• https://twitter.com/ldsopreload/status/1580539318879547392

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