Description
preview_email.cgi in Barracuda Spam Firewall (BSF) 3.3.01.001 through 3.3.03.053 allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters ("|" pipe symbol) in the file parameter. NOTE: the attack can be extended to arbitrary commands by the presence of CVE-2006-4000.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 2
- Barracuda Spam Firewall 3.3.03.053 - Remote Code Execution (2) EDB-2145 · remote · Aug 8, 2006 · verified
- Barracuda Spam Firewall 3.3.03.053 - Remote Code Execution (1) EDB-2136 · remote · Aug 7, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 21258 third-party-advisory
- 19276 vdb-entry
- barracuda-previewemail-command-execution(28234) vdb-entry
- 20060803 Re: Barracuda Vulnerability: Arbitrary File Disclosure [NNL-20060801-02] mailing-list
- 20060804 Barracuda Spam Firewall: Administrator Level Remote Command Execution [ID-20060804-01] mailing-list
- 1363 third-party-advisory
- 20060804 Barracuda Spam Firewall: Administrator Level Remote Command Execution [ID-20060804-01] mailing-list