{
    "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
    "dataVersion": "5.2",
    "cveMetadata": {
        "cveId": "CVE-2010-20109",
        "assignerOrgId": "83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "VulnCheck",
        "dateReserved": "2025-08-20T18:00:00.783Z",
        "datePublished": "2025-08-21T20:09:03.535Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-26T11:51:28.348Z"
    },
    "containers": {
        "cna": {
            "affected": [
                {
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
                    "modules": [
                        "Embedded web interface (view_help.cgi)"
                    ],
                    "product": "Spam & Virus Firewall",
                    "vendor": "Barracuda Networks",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "4.1.1.021",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "0",
                            "versionType": "custom"
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
                    "modules": [
                        "Embedded web interface (view_help.cgi)"
                    ],
                    "product": "SSL VPN",
                    "vendor": "Barracuda Networks",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "2010-10",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "0",
                            "versionType": "custom"
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "defaultStatus": "unknown",
                    "modules": [
                        "Embedded web interface (view_help.cgi)"
                    ],
                    "product": "Web Application Firewall",
                    "vendor": "Barracuda Networks",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "2010-10",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "0",
                            "versionType": "custom"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "cpeApplicability": [
                {
                    "operator": "OR",
                    "nodes": [
                        {
                            "operator": "OR",
                            "negate": false,
                            "cpeMatch": [
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:barracuda:web_application_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionEndIncluding": "4.1.1.021"
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "operator": "OR",
                    "nodes": [
                        {
                            "operator": "OR",
                            "negate": false,
                            "cpeMatch": [
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:barracuda:vpn_client:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "operator": "OR",
                    "nodes": [
                        {
                            "operator": "OR",
                            "negate": false,
                            "cpeMatch": [
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:barracuda:web_application_firewall:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "credits": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "type": "finder",
                    "value": "ShadowHatesYou"
                }
            ],
            "descriptions": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "supportingMedia": [
                        {
                            "base64": false,
                            "type": "text/html",
                            "value": "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."
                        }
                    ],
                    "value": "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."
                }
            ],
            "impacts": [
                {
                    "capecId": "CAPEC-126",
                    "descriptions": [
                        {
                            "lang": "en",
                            "value": "CAPEC-126 Path Traversal"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "metrics": [
                {
                    "cvssV4_0": {
                        "Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
                        "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
                        "Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
                        "attackComplexity": "LOW",
                        "attackRequirements": "NONE",
                        "attackVector": "NETWORK",
                        "baseScore": 8.7,
                        "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
                        "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
                        "providerUrgency": "NOT_DEFINED",
                        "subAvailabilityImpact": "NONE",
                        "subConfidentialityImpact": "NONE",
                        "subIntegrityImpact": "NONE",
                        "userInteraction": "NONE",
                        "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
                        "vectorString": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
                        "version": "4.0",
                        "vulnAvailabilityImpact": "NONE",
                        "vulnConfidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
                        "vulnIntegrityImpact": "NONE",
                        "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED"
                    },
                    "format": "CVSS",
                    "scenarios": [
                        {
                            "lang": "en",
                            "value": "GENERAL"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "problemTypes": [
                {
                    "descriptions": [
                        {
                            "cweId": "CWE-22",
                            "description": "CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')",
                            "lang": "en",
                            "type": "CWE"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "providerMetadata": {
                "orgId": "83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10",
                "shortName": "VulnCheck",
                "dateUpdated": "2026-05-26T11:51:28.348Z"
            },
            "references": [
                {
                    "tags": [
                        "exploit"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15130"
                },
                {
                    "tags": [
                        "third-party-advisory"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20101004131244/http://secunia.com/advisories/41609/"
                },
                {
                    "tags": [
                        "exploit"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/barracuda_directory_traversal.rb"
                },
                {
                    "tags": [
                        "third-party-advisory"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/barracuda-multiple-products-locale-path-traversal"
                }
            ],
            "source": {
                "discovery": "UNKNOWN"
            },
            "title": "Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall \"locale\" Path Traversal",
            "x_generator": {
                "engine": "vulncheck"
            },
            "datePublic": "2010-09-27T00:00:00.000Z"
        },
        "adp": [
            {
                "metrics": [
                    {
                        "other": {
                            "type": "ssvc",
                            "content": {
                                "timestamp": "2025-08-22T14:01:22.053363Z",
                                "id": "CVE-2010-20109",
                                "options": [
                                    {
                                        "Exploitation": "poc"
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "Automatable": "yes"
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "Technical Impact": "partial"
                                    }
                                ],
                                "role": "CISA Coordinator",
                                "version": "2.0.3"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                ],
                "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment",
                "providerMetadata": {
                    "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
                    "shortName": "CISA-ADP",
                    "dateUpdated": "2025-08-22T14:02:46.384Z"
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}