CVE-2009-20011

ContentKeeper Web Appliance < 125.10 RCE via mimencode

Published: Aug 30, 2025Updated: Sep 2, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-78

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Description

ContentKeeper Web Appliance (now maintained by Impero Software) versions prior to 125.10 are vulnerable to remote command execution due to insecure handling of file uploads via the mimencode CGI utility. The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to upload and execute arbitrary scripts as the Apache user. Additionally, the exploit can optionally escalate privileges by abusing insecure PATH usage in the benetool binary, resulting in root-level access if successful.

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Weaknesses

CWE-78 CWE-434

Affected Products

ContentKeeper Technologies

commercialaka contentkeeper web appliance, contentkeeper, web appliance

ContentKeeper Web ApplianceOn-prem

Networking Infrastructure / firewall

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References

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/unix/http/contentkeeperweb_mimencode.rb

raw.githubusercontent.com

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

aushack.com

https://www.ativion.com/contentkeeper/

ativion.com

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