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CVE-2009-10005

ContentKeeper Web Appliance < 125.10 Arbitrary File Access via mimencode

HIGH
8.7
CVSS Score
Published: August 20, 2025 at 03:31 PM UTC
Updated: October 1, 2026 at 11:10 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsWeb ApplianceWeb Appliance

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Severity
HIGH8.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
PoC

Description

ContentKeeper Web Appliance (now maintained by Impero Software) versions prior to 125.10 expose the mimencode binary via a CGI endpoint, allowing unauthenticated attackers to retrieve arbitrary files from the filesystem. By crafting a POST request to /cgi-bin/ck/mimencode with traversal and output parameters, attackers can read sensitive files such as /etc/passwd outside the webroot.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Web Appliance· Sophos
95%
v < 125.10
Affected range stops below 125.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Web Appliance· Contentkeeper
60%
v < 125.10
Affected range stops below 125.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (5)

Technical Description
Source: [email protected]
http://www.aushack.com/200904-contentkeeper.txt
Exploit
Source: [email protected]
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/auxiliary/admin/http/contentkeeper_fileaccess.rb
Product
Source: [email protected]
https://web.archive.org/web/20100325220542/http://www.contentkeeper.com/
Exploit
Source: [email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16923
Third Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/contentkeeper-web-appliance-arbitrary-file-access-via-mimencode

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.7HIGHVulnCheck
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-552

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