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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2009-20011 Detail

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.


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 10.0 CRITICAL
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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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/exploits/unix/http/contentkeeperweb_mimencode.rb VulnCheck
https://web.archive.org/web/20081220084819/http://www.contentkeeper.com/ VulnCheck
https://www.ativion.com/contentkeeper/ VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/contentkeeper-web-appliance-rce-via-mimencode VulnCheck

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type VulnCheck  
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') VulnCheck  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-20011
NVD Published Date:
08/30/2025
NVD Last Modified:
09/02/2025
Source:
VulnCheck