Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-6320

RCE

Title: Barracuda Load Balancer Adc RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2017-6320

CWE Category CWE-78

Published Date Jul 18, 2017

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 8.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

11.08%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2017-6320: A remote command injection vulnerability exists in the Barracuda Load Balancer product line (confirmed on v5.4.0.004 (2015-11-26) and v6.0.1.006 (2016-08-19); fixed in 6.1.0.003 (2017-01-17)) in which an authenticated user can execute arbitrary shell commands and gain root privileges. The vulnerability stems from unsanitized data being processed in a system call when the delete_assessment command is issued.

Impacted Vendors

barracuda 1

Reference Links

https://campus.barracuda.com/product/loadbalanceradc/article/ADC/ReleaseNotes610003/ https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42333/ https://campus.barracuda.com/product/loadbalanceradc/article/ADC/ReleaseNotes610003/ https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42333/

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

9.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns