Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-3569

HighPublic PoC

Published: 17 October 2022

Published
17 October 2022
Modified
13 May 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0284 86.5th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-3569 is a high-severity Privilege Dropping / Lowering Errors (CWE-271) vulnerability in Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 13.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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'.

CWE(s)
CWE-271NVD-CWE-Other

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

synacor
zimbra collaboration suite
≤ 9.0.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

PS-5 Personnel Transfer
addresses: CWE-271

Mandates lowering or adjusting privileges to match new operational needs, reducing errors in privilege dropping during transfers.

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