CVE-2009-10005CWE-552

CVE-2009-10005

published August 20, 2025

CVSS
8.7
EPSS
1%
Percentile
66.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
8.7 · NONE
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01155 · 66.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-552 · Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
Published
2025-08-20T20:15Z
References (5)
http://www.aushack.com/200904-contentkeeper.txt · [email protected]https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/auxiliary/admin/http/contentkeeper_fileaccess.rb · [email protected]https://web.archive.org/web/20100325220542/http://www.contentkeeper.com/ · [email protected]https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16923 · [email protected]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/contentkeeper-web-appliance-arbitrary-file-access-via-mimencode · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 AUG 15:31Z
    ContentKeeper Web Appliance < 125.10 Arbitrary File Access via mimencode
    cvelistv5