CVE-2009-10005

ContentKeeper Web Appliance < 125.10 Arbitrary File Access via mimencode

Published: Aug 20, 2025Updated: Aug 22, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-552

N/ACVSS

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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.

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Weaknesses

CWE-552

Affected Products

ContentKeeper Technologies

commercialaka contentkeeper, web appliance, contentkeeper web appliance

Web ApplianceOn-prem

Networking Infrastructure / firewall

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References

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/auxiliary/admin/http/contentkeeper_fileaccess.rb

raw.githubusercontent.com

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16923

exploit-db.com

http://www.aushack.com/200904-contentkeeper.txt

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