Directory Traversal Vulnerability in Zimbra Collaboration by Zimbra
CVE-2022-27925

7.2HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor: Zimbra
Status: Collaboration
Vendor: CVE Published:; 21 April 2022

Badges

💰 Ransomware👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC🟣 EPSS 94%🦅 CISA Reported

What is CVE-2022-27925?

The mboximport functionality in Zimbra Collaboration versions 8.8.15 and 9.0 allows authenticated administrators to upload arbitrary files by exploiting a ZIP archive extraction process. This vulnerability can be leveraged to perform unintended file operations in the system, leading to potential unauthorized access and manipulation of sensitive data.

CISA has reported CVE-2022-27925

CISA provides regional cyber and physical services to support security and resilience across the United States. CISA monitor the most dangerious vulnerabilities and have identifed CVE-2022-27925 as being exploited and is known by the CISA as enabling ransomware campaigns.

The CISA's recommendation is: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.