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CVE-2009-10005 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulnCheck
CVSS-B 8.7 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-552 Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties VulnCheck  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-10005
NVD Published Date:
08/20/2025
NVD Last Modified:
04/14/2026
Source:
VulnCheck