# CVE-2019-6447: The ES File Explorer File Manager application through 4.1.9.7.4 for Android allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or execute appli

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module, 13 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2019-01-16 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The ES File Explorer File Manager application through 4.1.9.7.4 for Android allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or execute applications via TCP port 59777 requests on the local Wi-Fi network. This TCP port remains open after the ES application has been launched once, and responds to unauthenticated application/json data over HTTP.

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## References

- https://github.com/fs0c131y/ESFileExplorerOpenPortVuln
- https://twitter.com/fs0c131y/status/1085460755313508352
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163303/ES-File-Explorer-4.1.9.7.4-Arbitrary-File-Read.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50070
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/es_file_explorer_open_port.rb
- https://github.com/Chethine/EsFileExplorer-CVE-2019-6447
- https://github.com/Cmadhushanka/CVE-2019-6447-Exploitation
- https://github.com/KaviDk/CVE-2019-6447-in-Mobile-Application
- https://github.com/Kayky-cmd/CVE-2019-6447--.
- https://github.com/Osuni-99/CVE-2019-6447
- https://github.com/SandaRuFdo/ES-File-Explorer-Open-Port-Vulnerability---CVE-2019-6447
- https://github.com/VinuKalana/CVE-2019-6447-Android-Vulnerability-in-ES-File-Explorer
- https://github.com/acloudinthebluesky/CVE-2019-6447-ES-File-Explorer
- https://github.com/febinrev/CVE-2019-6447-ESfile-explorer-exploit
- https://github.com/h3x0v3rl0rd/CVE-2019-6447
- https://github.com/julio-cfa/POC-ES-File-Explorer-CVE-2019-6447
- https://github.com/vino-theva/CVE-2019-6447

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