Vulnerability record

CVE-2022-27925

Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

Severity: HighExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV Used by ransomware
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS), fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Sep 1, 2022.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

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.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorAffected versionsSource
Zimbra Collaboration SuiteSynacor8.8.15; 9.0.0NVD
Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS)Synacor—KEV

Sources: NVD = NIST National Vulnerability Database; KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2022-27925 scored CVSS 7.2: Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS), Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild and known to be used in ransomware campaigns. Unpatched Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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References

  • blog.zimbra.com https://blog.zimbra.com/2022/08/authentication-bypass-in-mailboximportservlet-vulnerability/
  • nvd.nist.gov https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27925
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168146/Zimbra-Zip-Path-Traversal.html
  • wiki.zimbra.com https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Security_Center
  • wiki.zimbra.com https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Zimbra_Releases/9.0.0/P24
  • wiki.zimbra.com https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Zimbra_Security_Advisories
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-27925