a few month ago backdoors in barracuda was found

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/01/backdoors_built.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/24/barracuda_backdoor/

apparently their competitor spamtitan was quick making fun of them

http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/294951-reported-backdoors-on-barracuda-appliances

without considering they had their own backdoors

the security of the product is a fucking joke, containing everything from authentication bypass to root exploits. there is really no hope, the developers didnt even try. they can patch those specific vulnerabilities, but have no idea what theyre doing. i only scratched its surface.

# cat /home/admin/.ssh/authorized_keys (ssh -l stadmin)
ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAAAgQCyREqWliqOnRZgB1B3V6b0x+bPJUfAU4dOzHCuGRI+D0r3Vv/wrs/6ssnm+AoH7/+PcICFVQdBcGxqLd8an9xOfDaEGuHd9e/Is4dR5dth8ZUp+zalC9rvrnu0nPNaQpJUlkRTEkNw0JZjHK0B6rtWjgM49Jgn3Twnl9i8g+YsjQ==
ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAIEAtl1th7MBswDC2U6VTYAJ6q4+D9UtCI2gahblYC5980bI/lnyRIA84UUEgeiOfzkaB8FrSZJ12r01/bNQIEagGrCGjHyCGGK0wjpxJMggRguaIFIQzNO6y6l4ZBKh+I8PycIXr0ed918D4di4rubSOGhMEp6ZEpImQ9BsWMagrBE= sean@homer.copperfasten.com
ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAIEAyc5wKKYYctH7QJ7SK2+21stuziDEkBCXvrIewbq4WH557sbJ9u6/5VTD1uEbYiw8fk+JvK9uRuRiz469ZXmjoBR52hAgDPvwxRMwSbMaceE9FllA6Xg1KKSAhq9oXwHepeUNp74BgmqRxyGHiRUZqST+E8M51mVvt/ZCecvZEgc=

# cat /root/master.password.orig
root:$1$LaCGzmLp$2dNXQ0N7wk8oxppWNsZRT/:0:0::0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh

and finally, there's a stsupport user in the web

psql> SELECT * FROM USERS;
 id | mailbox_id | priority | policy_id |   email   |   fullname    | user_name | user_level |     report_date     |             password
----+------------+----------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+------------+---------------------+----------------------------------
  3 |          2 |        0 |         1 | stsupport | Support Admin | admin     | S          | 2008-01-01 00:00:00 | fc4e859ffb9f54767a0026773b0583d9