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CVE-2009-10005

42
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-10005 describes a critical arbitrary file read vulnerability in ContentKeeper Web Appliance versions prior to 125.10. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit a CGI endpoint exposing the mimencode binary to retrieve sensitive files from the filesystem, including those outside the webroot like /etc/passwd. With a CVSS score of 8.7 (HIGH) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, this vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and low complexity. While not on the KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists, and community discussion is notably high, suggesting active interest and potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
ContentKeeper TechnologiesWeb Appliance
>= 0, < 125.10CNA affecteddefault unaffected

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

8.7HIGH

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/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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
HIGH
VS Integrity
NONE
VS Availability
NONE
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
52.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0078 is in the 28th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

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