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CVE-2009-20011

Published: Aug 30, 2025

Modified: May 15, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
ContentKeeper Technologies	ContentKeeper Web Appliance	affected `0 - < 125.10`

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

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

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