CVE-2019-8345 — The Help feature in the ES File Explorer File Manager application 4

The Help feature in the ES File Explorer File Manager application 4.1.9.7.4 for Android allows session hijacking by a Man-in-the-middle attacker on the local network because HTTPS is not used, and an attacker's web site is displayed in a WebView with no information about the

01What is this vulnerability?

The Help feature in the ES File Explorer File Manager application 4.1.9.7.4 for Android allows session hijacking by a Man-in-the-middle attacker on the local network because HTTPS is not used, and an attacker's web site is displayed in a WebView with no information about the URL.

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: 2019-02-15T14:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-17T00:46:57.052Z

09References

• www.youtube.com — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtLUO-ujJ7I