CVE-2009-10005

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.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
http://www.aushack.com/200904-contentkeeper.txt
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/auxiliary/admin/http/contentkeeper_fileaccess.rb
https://web.archive.org/web/20100325220542/http://www.contentkeeper.com/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16923
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/contentkeeper-web-appliance-arbitrary-file-access-via-mimencode

Configurations

No configuration.

History

20 Aug 2025, 16:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-08-20 16:15

Updated : 2025-08-20 16:15

NVD link : CVE-2009-10005

Mitre link : CVE-2009-10005

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2009-10005

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-552

Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

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