CVE-2022-37393

highpriority · track · 42EPSS 0.017 · 77 %ileexploit · weaponizedEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · weaponized

Likely / severe?

1.67% (77th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

22 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Zimbra's sudo configuration permits the zimbra user to execute the zmslapd binary as root with arbitrary parameters. As part of its intended functionality, zmslapd can load a user-defined configuration file, which includes plugins in the form of .so files, which also execute as root.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.6highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Fsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-284USCWE-284US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/linux/local/zimbra_slapper_priv_escZimbra zmslapd arbitrary module loadweaponized · metasploit

affected products (22)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Synacor Zimbra Server≤ 8.8.15.p34 ≤8.8.15.p34enisa_euvdEU
Synacor Zimbra Server≤ 9.0.0.p27 ≤9.0.0.p27enisa_euvdEU
Zimbra Inc. Zimbra Collaboration Suite≤ 8.8.15 P32fstec_bduRU
Zimbra Inc. Zimbra Collaboration Suite≤ 9.0.0 P25fstec_bduRU
zimbra collaboration= 8.7.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zimbra:collaboration:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zimbra collaboration= 8.7.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zimbra:collaboration:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zimbra collaboration= 8.7.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zimbra:collaboration:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zimbra collaboration= 8.7.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zimbra:collaboration:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zimbra collaboration= 8.7.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zimbra:collaboration:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zimbra collaboration= 8.8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zimbra:collaboration:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zimbra collaboration= 8.8.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zimbra:collaboration:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zimbra collaboration= 8.8.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zimbra:collaboration:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zimbra collaboration= 8.8.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zimbra:collaboration:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zimbra collaboration= 8.8.15nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zimbra:collaboration:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zimbra collaboration= 8.8.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zimbra:collaboration:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zimbra collaboration= 8.8.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zimbra:collaboration:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zimbra collaboration= 8.8.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zimbra:collaboration:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zimbra collaboration= 8.8.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zimbra:collaboration:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zimbra collaboration= 8.8.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zimbra:collaboration:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zimbra collaboration= 8.8.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zimbra:collaboration:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-08-16modified 2026-06-17

references (12)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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