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CVE-2005-2849· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Argument injection vulnerability in Barracuda Spam Firewall running firmware 3.1.16 and 3.1.17 allows remote attackers to (1) read portions

Argument injection vulnerability in Barracuda Spam Firewall running firmware 3.1.16 and 3.1.17 allows remote attackers to (1) read portions of source code via the -f option to Dig (dig_device.cgi), (2) determine file existence via the -r argument to Tcpdump (tcpdump_device.cgi) or (3) modify files in the cgi-bin directory via the -w argument to Tcpdump.

MediumCVSS 6.4 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Sep 8, 2005
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.4% · 71th percentile
CWE
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Action score

25

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
25 / 40 · 6.4 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.4%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
barracuda networksbarracuda spam firewall

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • barracuda networks barracuda spam firewall3.1.16
  • barracuda networks barracuda spam firewall3.1.17

Same product

barracuda networks: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2005-2847img.pl in Barracuda Spam Firewall running firmware 3.1.16 and 3.1.17 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacha
    46Plan
  • CVE-2007-1669zoo decoder 2.10 (zoo-2.10), as used in multiple products including (1) Barracuda Spam Firewall 3.4 and later with virusdef before 2.0.6399,
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2006-4081preview_email.cgi in Barracuda Spam Firewall (BSF) 3.3.01.001 through 3.3.03.053 allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell metac
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2006-4001Login.pm in Barracuda Spam Firewall (BSF) 3.3.01.001 through 3.3.03.053 contains a hard-coded password for the guest account, which allows r
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2005-0431Barracuda Spam Firewall 3.1.10 and earlier does not restrict the domains that white-listed domains can send mail to, which allows members of
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2006-4082Barracuda Spam Firewall (BSF), possibly 3.3.03.053, contains a hardcoded password for the admin account for logins from 127.0.0.1 (localhost
    28Monitor

Remediation

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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
P · data can be read
Integrity
P · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
P
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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