CVE-2005-2847

Exp

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.

Published: 2005-09-08 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2847 is rated High Exploit Risk (79/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 87.05%, 99th percentile). 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-2847

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16893 exploit_db edb 2010-04-30 Exploit-DB ↗
1236 exploit_db edb 2005-09-27 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2847

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-10-07 87.81% 87.05% -0.77%
2 2025-03-30 88.49% 87.81% -0.67%
3 2025-03-29 — 88.49% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2847

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-2847

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2847

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
barracuda_networks barracuda_spam_firewall 3.1.16 cpe:2.3:h:barracuda_networks:barracuda_spam_firewall:3.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barracuda_networks barracuda_spam_firewall 3.1.17 cpe:2.3:h:barracuda_networks:barracuda_spam_firewall:3.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2847

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