Zabbix Agent 2 smartctl Plugin up to 6.0.39/7.0.10/7.2.4 Parameter smart.disk.get command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Zabbix Agent 2 smartctl Plugin up to 6.0.39/7.0.10/7.2.4 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Parameter Handler. This manipulation of the argument smart.disk.get causes command injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-27233. The attack is only possible within the local network. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Zabbix Agent 2 smartctl Plugin up to 6.0.39/7.0.10/7.2.4. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Parameter Handler. The manipulation of the argument smart.disk.get with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Zabbix Agent 2 smartctl plugin does not properly sanitize smart.disk.get parameters, allowing an attacker to inject unexpected arguments into the smartctl command. This can be used to leak the NTLMv2 hash from a Windows system.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.zabbix.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-27233 since 02/20/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack needs to be done within the local network. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 264705 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-27233), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (264705) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2042). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Zabbix Zabbix

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Type

• Network Management Software

Vendor

• Zabbix

Name

• Agent 2 smartctl Plugin

Version

• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.4
• 6.0.5
• 6.0.6
• 6.0.7
• 6.0.8
• 6.0.9
• 6.0.10
• 6.0.11
• 6.0.12
• 6.0.13
• 6.0.14
• 6.0.15
• 6.0.16
• 6.0.17
• 6.0.18
• 6.0.19
• 6.0.20
• 6.0.21
• 6.0.22
• 6.0.23
• 6.0.24
• 6.0.25
• 6.0.26
• 6.0.27
• 6.0.28
• 6.0.29
• 6.0.30
• 6.0.31
• 6.0.32
• 6.0.33
• 6.0.34
• 6.0.35
• 6.0.36
• 6.0.37
• 6.0.38
• 6.0.39
• 7.0.0
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.3
• 7.0.4
• 7.0.5
• 7.0.6
• 7.0.7
• 7.0.8
• 7.0.9
• 7.0.10
• 7.2.0
• 7.2.1
• 7.2.2
• 7.2.3
• 7.2.4

License

• open-source

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