ContentKeeper Web Appliance < 125.10 Arbitrary File Access via mimencode
Priority HIGH 77CWE-552Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-552.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01155 67th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed Web Appliance (ContentKeeper Technologies): 125.10
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ContentKeeper Technologies | Web Appliance | before 125.10 | 125.10 | Patch available | CNA |
- Web Appliance VendorContentKeeper Technologies Affected before 125.10 Fixed in 125.10 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Web Appliance (ContentKeeper Technologies) Fixed in 125.10
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-10005
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j7xg-86q3-cw3p
References
Exploit 2
More ContentKeeper Technologies vulnerabilities
- TI-2009-04921 ContentKeeper Web Appliance < 125.10 RCE via mimencode CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2006-04834 ContentKeeper 123.25 and earlier places passwords in cleartext in an INPUT element in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.0
Sources
- CVE-2009-10005 · CVE Program
- CVE-2009-10005 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j7xg-86q3-cw3p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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