CVE-2022-41347

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Sep 26, 2022
Updated: May 21, 2025
Reserved: Sep 26, 2022

Description

An issue was discovered in Zimbra Collaboration (ZCS) 8.8.x and 9.x (e.g., 8.8.15). The Sudo configuration permits the zimbra user to execute the NGINX binary as root with arbitrary parameters. As part of its intended functionality, NGINX can load a user-defined configuration file, which includes plugins in the form of .so files, which also execute as root.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Zimbra_Security_Advisories
https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Security_Center
https://darrenmartyn.ie/2021/10/25/zimbra-nginx-local-root-exploit/
https://github.com/darrenmartyn/zimbra-hinginx

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