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CVE-2010-20109

Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall "locale" Path Traversal

Public exploit available. Not confirmed exploited in the wild yet. No fix published yet.

CVSS —Not scoredEPSS percentile79th1.8% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
Public exploit: 2 sourcesFixNone yetNo fix or workaround published
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OpenVAS · 1 check

e.g. OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.100847

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Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD

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What to do

No fixed build or workaround is published yet. Limit exposure and watch for a patch.

  • Barracuda Networks Spam & Virus FirewallAffected: ≤ 4.1.1.021Upgrade to: after 4.1.1.021Stated by: CVE record
  • Barracuda Networks SSL VPNAffected: ≤ 2010-10Upgrade to: after 2010-10Stated by: CVE record
  • Barracuda Networks Web Application FirewallAffected: ≤ 2010-10Upgrade to: after 2010-10Stated by: CVE record

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What it is

From the CVE record

Barracuda products, confirmed in Spam & Virus Firewall, SSL VPN, and Web Application Firewall versions prior to October 2010, contain a path traversal vulnerability in the view_help.cgi endpoint. The locale parameter fails to properly sanitize user input, allowing attackers to inject traversal sequences and null-byte terminators to access arbitrary files on the underlying system. By exploiting this flaw, unauthenticated remote attackers can retrieve sensitive configuration files such as /mail/snapshot/config.snapshot, potentially exposing credentials, internal settings, and other critical data.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS79th
Public exploit
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

2 sources with a proof of concept or module.

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EPSS

1.8% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 79th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

7 events over 308 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. OpenVAS check added
  2. EPSS band changehigh → low
  3. Public exploit / PoCsource: exploit-db
  4. Record updated
  5. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

Technical detail

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

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