# CVE-2009-10005

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2009-10005
- **Severity:** HIGH
- **CVSS Score:** 8.7 (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)
- **CWE:** CWE-552
- **Published:** Aug 20, 2025
- **Last Modified:** Jul 15, 2026

## 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.

## Affected Products

- ContentKeeper Technologies — Web Appliance (*)
- ContentKeeper Technologies — Web Appliance (0)

## References

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

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 45.40%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 97.5

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-18._