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Zimbra zmslapd arbitrary module load

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Disclosed
Oct 27, 2021
Created
Aug 29, 2022

Description

This module exploits CVE-2022-37393, which is a vulnerability in
Zimbra's sudo configuration that 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.

Authors

Darren Martyn
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_slapper_priv_esc
    msf exploit(zimbra_slapper_priv_esc) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(zimbra_slapper_priv_esc) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(zimbra_slapper_priv_esc) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(zimbra_slapper_priv_esc) > exploit
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