Barracuda Spam Firewall up to 3.3.01.001 File path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Barracuda Spam Firewall up to 3.3.01.001 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation of the argument File leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2006-4000. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Barracuda Spam Firewall up to 3.3.01.001 (Firewall Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation of the argument file with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in cgi-bin/preview_email.cgi in Barracuda Spam Firewall (BSF) 3.3.01.001 through 3.3.03.053 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter.

The bug was discovered 08/01/2006. The weakness was presented 08/04/2006 by Greg Sinclair (Website). The advisory is available at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-4000 since 08/04/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22130 (Barracuda Spam Firewall Default Credentials), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 74217 (Barracuda Networks Spam Firewall Multiple Vulnerabilities).

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 X-Force (28214), Exploit-DB (28321), Tenable (22130), SecurityFocus (BID 19276†) and OSVDB (27748†). See VDB-31752, VDB-31751 and VDB-31659 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Nessus ID: 22130
Nessus Name: Barracuda Spam Firewall Default Credentials
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: barracuda.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Greg Sinclair
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-4000 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4000
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31658
X-Force: 28214
SecurityFocus: 19276 - Barracuda Networks Spam Firewall Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21258 - Barracuda Spam Firewall Shell Command Injection and Default Account, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 27748 - Barracuda Spam Firewall preview_email.cgi directory traversal
Vulnerability Center: 12449 - Barracuda Spam Firewall Directory Traversal via file Parameter, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-3104

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 06/18/2025 19:37
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (74), 06/23/2019 22:06 (5), 12/18/2024 22:30 (21), 06/18/2025 19:37 (3)
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