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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2005-2847 in the critical feed json

img.pl in Barracuda Spam Firewall running firmware 3.1.16 and 3.1.17 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metach…

published 2005-09-08 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2848

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
53.4%
EPSS 53.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/barracuda_img_exec)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

53.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/barracuda_img_exec Barracuda IMG.PL Remote Command Execution metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2005-09-01
  • EDB-16893 Barracuda - IMG.pl Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) webapps, 2010-04-30
  • EDB-1236 Barracuda Spam Firewall < 3.1.18 - Command Execution (Metasploit) webapps, 2005-09-27
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14712 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securitytracker.com http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Sep/1014837.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securiweb.net http://www.securiweb.net/wiki/Ressources/AvisDeSecurite/2005.1 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.