CVE-2022-3569 — Due to an issue with incorrect sudo permissions, Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS

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'.

01What is this vulnerability?

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'.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Synacor	Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS)	9.0.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-10-17T22:45:11.553Z
• Last modified: 2025-05-13T15:04:07.694Z

09References

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