VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-11689
When conducting license validation, exfat.cgi and exfatctl fail to properly validate server responses and pass unsanitized text to the system shell, resulting in code execution as root.
HIGH 8.1EPSS 3.16%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.16%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in ASUSTOR exFAT Driver through 1.0.0.r20. When conducting license validation, exfat.cgi and exfatctl fail to properly validate server responses and pass unsanitized text to the system shell, resulting in code execution as root.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.16% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- asustor/exfat driver
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/mikedamm/CVEs/blob/master/CVE-2019-11688.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.asustor.com/app_central/app_detail?id=776Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/mikedamm/CVEs/blob/master/CVE-2019-11688.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.asustor.com/app_central/app_detail?id=776Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.