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Zimbra sudo + postfix privilege escalation

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Disclosed
Oct 13, 2022
Created
Oct 19, 2022

Description

This module exploits a vulnerable sudo configuration that permits the
zimbra user to execute postfix as root. In turn, postfix can execute
arbitrary shellscripts, which means it can execute a root shell.

Authors

EvergreenCartoons
Ron Bowes

Platform

Linux

Architectures

x86, x64

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use exploit/linux/local/zimbra_postfix_priv_esc
    msf exploit(zimbra_postfix_priv_esc) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(zimbra_postfix_priv_esc) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(zimbra_postfix_priv_esc) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(zimbra_postfix_priv_esc) > exploit
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