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    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.

    Published:Aug 20, 2025
    Last Modified:Jul 15, 2026
    EPS:Aug 20, 2025
    EPSS Score:0.00728
    CVSS Score:8.7

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Contentkeeper Technologies
    Product
    Contentkeeper
    Vendor
    Sophos
    Product
    Web Appliance

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-150 Collect Data from Common Resource Locations
    CAPEC-639 Probe System Files

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High