CVE-2005-2847
img.pl in Barracuda Spam Firewall running firmware 3.1.16 and 3.1.17 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 53.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
img.pl in Barracuda Spam Firewall running firmware 3.1.16 and 3.1.17 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the f parameter.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- Barracuda IMG.PL Remote Command Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/unix/webapp/barracuda_img_execRank excellentdisclosed 1 Sept 2005
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Barracuda - IMG.pl Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16893webapps, cgipublished 30 Apr 2010Verified
- Barracuda Spam Firewall < 3.1.18 - Command Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1236webapps, cgipublished 27 Sept 2005Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 53.4% · top 1.0% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- 14712 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1014837 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 16683 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.securiweb.net/wiki/Ressources/AvisDeSecurite/2005.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20050901 [SecuriWeb.2005.1] - Barracuda SPAM firewall advisory (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-2848 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-2847)Record last updated .