CVE-2009-10005

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.

CVSS v4.0

8.7 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS

0.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 53th percentile

Published

2025-08-20

Updated

2026-07-15

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

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

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/admin/http/contentkeeper_fileac…

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2009-10001
• CVE-2009-10006
• CVE-2009-0991
• CVE-2009-1019
• CVE-2009-0981
• CVE-2009-1020