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CVE Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2009-20011
PUBLISHED
More InfoOfficial Page
Assigner-VulnCheck
Assigner Org ID-83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-30 Aug, 2025 | 13:46
Updated At-30 Aug, 2025 | 13:46
Rejected At-
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)
ContentKeeper Web Appliance < 125.10 RCE via mimencode

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.

Affected Products
Vendor
ContentKeeper Technologies
Product
ContentKeeper Web Appliance
Modules
  • mimencode CGI handler
  • /cgi-bin/ck/mimencode
Default Status
unaffected
Versions
Affected
  • From * before 125.10 (semver)
Problem Types
TypeCWE IDDescription
CWECWE-434CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CWECWE-78CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Metrics
VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
4.010.0CRITICAL
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
Metrics Other Info
Impacts
CAPEC IDDescription
CAPEC-88CAPEC-88 OS Command Injection
CAPEC-233CAPEC-233 Privilege Escalation
Solutions

Configurations

Workarounds

Exploits

Credits

finder
Patrick Webster (aushack)
Timeline
EventDate
Replaced By

Rejected Reason

References
HyperlinkResource
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/unix/http/contentkeeperweb_mimencode.rb
exploit
http://www.aushack.com/200904-contentkeeper.txt
exploit
https://www.ativion.com/contentkeeper/
product
patch
https://web.archive.org/web/20081220084819/http://www.contentkeeper.com/
product
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/contentkeeper-web-appliance-rce-via-mimencode
third-party-advisory
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