CVE-2019-11380 — The master-password feature in the ES File Explorer File Manager application 4

The master-password feature in the ES File Explorer File Manager application 4.2.0.1.3 for Android can be bypassed via a com.estrongs.android.pop.ftp.ESFtpShortcut intent, leading to remote FTP access to the entirety of local storage.

01What is this vulnerability?

The master-password feature in the ES File Explorer File Manager application 4.2.0.1.3 for Android can be bypassed via a com.estrongs.android.pop.ftp.ESFtpShortcut intent, leading to remote FTP access to the entirety of local storage.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-09-05T20:38:59.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T22:48:09.164Z

09References

• medium.com — https://medium.com/%40bhaveshthakur2015/cve-2019-11380-how-i-was-able-to-access-…