CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-27925
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability — Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS)
Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) contains flaw in the mboximport functionality, allowing an authenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files to perform remote code execution. This vulnerability was chained with CVE-2022-37042 which allows for unauthenticated remote code execution.
- Added to KEV
- 2022-08-11
- Remediation due
- 2022-09-01
- Ransomware use
- Known
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Notes
- https://blog.zimbra.com/2022/08/authentication-bypass-in-mailboximportservlet-vulnerability/; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27925
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2022-04-21
- Last modified
- 2026-10-01
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Description
Zimbra Collaboration (aka ZCS) 8.8.15 and 9.0 has mboximport functionality that receives a ZIP archive and extracts files from it. An authenticated user with administrator rights has the ability to upload arbitrary files to the system, leading to directory traversal.
Affected configurations
• synacor zimbra collaboration suite 8.8.15
• synacor zimbra collaboration suite 9.0.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168146/Zimbra-Zip-Path-Traversal.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Security_Center Vendor Advisory
- https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Zimbra_Releases/9.0.0/P24 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Zimbra_Security_Advisories Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168146/Zimbra-Zip-Path-Traversal.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Security_Center Vendor Advisory
- https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Zimbra_Releases/9.0.0/P24 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Zimbra_Security_Advisories Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-27925 US Government Resource