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Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

CVE-2019-8345

Medium
4.2/10

Summary

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.

  • HIGH
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • LOW
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-319 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

The software transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published