# CVE-2019-11689: An issue was discovered in ASUSTOR exFAT Driver through 1.0.0.r20.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-03-18 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.asustor.com/app_central/app_detail?id=776
- https://github.com/mikedamm/CVEs/blob/master/CVE-2019-11688.md

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