Description
Barracuda products, confirmed in Spam & Virus Firewall, SSL VPN, and Web Application Firewall versions prior to October 2010, contain a path traversal vulnerability in the view_help.cgi endpoint. The locale parameter fails to properly sanitize user input, allowing attackers to inject traversal sequences and null-byte terminators to access arbitrary files on the underlying system. By exploiting this flaw, unauthenticated remote attackers can retrieve sensitive configuration files such as /mail/snapshot/config.snapshot, potentially exposing credentials, internal settings, and other critical data.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barracuda Networks | Spam & Virus Firewall | ≤ 4.1.1.021 | — |
| Barracuda Networks | SSL VPN | ≤ 2010-10 | — |
| Barracuda Networks | Web Application Firewall | ≤ 2010-10 | — |
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.
Metasploit 1 module
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Barracuda Multiple Product "locale" Directory Traversal
auxiliary/scanner/http/barracuda_directory_traversal
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15130 exploit
- https://web.archive.org/web/20101004131244/http://secunia.com/advisories/41609/ third-party-advisory
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/barracuda_directory_traversal.rb exploit
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/barracuda-multiple-products-locale-path-traversal third-party-advisory