CVE-2016-3415
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedZimbra Collaboration before 8.7.0 allows remote attackers to conduct deserialization attacks via unspecified vectors, aka bug 102276.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceZimbra Collaboration before version 8.7.0 contains a deserialization vulnerability (CWE-502) that allows remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized Java objects. The unspecified attack vectors likely involve network-exposed Zimbra services that handle serialized data without proper validation.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 8.6.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check if Zimbra Collaboration is installedLook for Zimbra installation directories (commonly /opt/zimbra or /usr/local/zimbra) or run 'ps aux | grep zimbra' to find running Zimbra processesAffected if Zimbra is not installed means not affected
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Identify the installed Zimbra versionRun 'zmcontrol -v' or check the Zimbra version file in the installation directory if availableAffected if Version returned is 8.6.0 or lower indicates the affected version range
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Verify the exact version numberCompare the installed version against the affected range: versions 8.6.0 and below are vulnerable; version 8.7.0 and above are notAffected if Version is 8.6.0 or lower means the deserialization vulnerability is present
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Determine if network-exposed Zimbra services are accessibleCheck if Zimbra web services (port 80, 443, 7071) or other network services are listening on interfaces accessible from untrusted networksAffected if Network services are exposed to untrusted networks increases likelihood of exploitation for this remote unauthenticated attack vector
If Zimbra Collaboration version 8.6.0 or lower is installed and its network services are accessible, the environment is vulnerable to CVE-2016-3415.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scopedUpgrade Zimbra Collaboration to version 8.7.0 or later to remediate this vulnerability. If immediate patching is not possible, consider network segmentation and restricting access to Zimbra services from untrusted networks.
Zimbra Collaboration Suite 8.7.0 or later
- Create a full backup of the Zimbra server including mail stores, configuration, and database
- Verify backup integrity before proceeding
- Check current Zimbra version with: zmcontrol -v
- Review Zimbra 8.7.0 release notes and upgrade documentation at wiki.zimbra.com for pre-upgrade requirements
- Stop Zimbra services with: zmcontrol stop
- Ensure the operating system meets the minimum requirements for Zimbra 8.7.0
- Download Zimbra 8.7.0 or later from official Zimbra repositories
- Run the Zimbra installer as the root user: ./install.sh
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2016-3415 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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