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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2006-4081 json

preview_email.cgi in Barracuda Spam Firewall (BSF) 3.3.01.001 through 3.3.03.053 allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell meta…

published 2006-08-11 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-4073

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.3%
EPSS 4.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

preview_email.cgi in Barracuda Spam Firewall (BSF) 3.3.01.001 through 3.3.03.053 allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters ("|" pipe symbol) in the file parameter. NOTE: the attack can be extended to arbitrary commands by the presence of CVE-2006-4000.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-2136)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

4.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-2145 Barracuda Spam Firewall 3.3.03.053 - Remote Code Execution (2) remote, 2006-08-08
  • EDB-2136 Barracuda Spam Firewall 3.3.03.053 - Remote Code Execution (1) remote, 2006-08-07

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.