CVE-2019-11689
An issue was discovered in ASUSTOR exFAT Driver through 1.0.0.r20. When conducting license...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
8.1
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-11689- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-11689- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-3359 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2019-3359- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mx8j-6j93-6rw8 No score
An issue was discovered in ASUSTOR exFAT Driver through 1.0.0.r20. When conducting license...
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.
- Record
GHSA-mx8j-6j93-6rw8- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-11689 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Asustor Exfat Driver, published March 18, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.16%, the 88th percentile. No source names a fixed version.