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7.8
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2022-25943
WPS Office Windows Privilege Escalation
Description

The installer of WPS Office for Windows versions prior to v11.2.0.10258 fails to configure properly the ACL for the directory where the service program is installed.

INFO

Published Date :

March 9, 2022, 5:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:53 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-25943 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Kingsoft wps_office
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2022-25943 has a 9 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2022-25943.

URL Resource
https://github.com/HadiMed/KINGSOFT-WPS-Office-LPE Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU90673830/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.wps.com/whatsnew/pc/20210806/ Product
https://github.com/HadiMed/KINGSOFT-WPS-Office-LPE Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU90673830/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.wps.com/whatsnew/pc/20210806/ Product
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-25943 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2022-25943 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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NaInSec/CVE-PoC-in-GitHub

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Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
12 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : March 22, 2024, 3:58 p.m. This repo has been linked 931 different CVEs too.
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zecool/cve

None

Updated: 2 months ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 11, 2024, 1:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 935 different CVEs too.
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whoforget/CVE-POC

None

Updated: 2 years, 4 months ago
0 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : April 8, 2023, 6:19 a.m. This repo has been linked 928 different CVEs too.
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k0mi-tg/CVE-POC

None

Updated: 1 year, 6 months ago
20 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Feb. 14, 2023, 6:10 p.m. This repo has been linked 921 different CVEs too.
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WhooAmii/POC_to_review

None

Updated: 3 months ago
2 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Nov. 25, 2022, 5:43 p.m. This repo has been linked 935 different CVEs too.
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soosmile/POC

None

Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago
9 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : June 21, 2022, 7:45 a.m. This repo has been linked 944 different CVEs too.
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webraybtl/CVE-2022-25943

CVE-2022-25943

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Updated: 1 year ago
5 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : April 22, 2022, 8:30 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.
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HadiMed/KINGSOFT-WPS-Office-LPE

CVE-2022-25943

C++

Updated: 9 months, 3 weeks ago
59 stars 13 fork 13 watcher
Born at : July 9, 2021, 11:34 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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1172 stars 198 fork 198 watcher
Born at : June 12, 2020, 9:16 a.m. This repo has been linked 88 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2022-25943 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-25943 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/HadiMed/KINGSOFT-WPS-Office-LPE
    Added Reference https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU90673830/
    Added Reference https://www.wps.com/whatsnew/pc/20210806/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 14, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/HadiMed/KINGSOFT-WPS-Office-LPE No Types Assigned https://github.com/HadiMed/KINGSOFT-WPS-Office-LPE Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU90673830/ No Types Assigned https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU90673830/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wps.com/whatsnew/pc/20210806/ No Types Assigned https://www.wps.com/whatsnew/pc/20210806/ Product
    Added CWE NIST CWE-276
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:kingsoft:wps_office:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* versions up to (excluding) 11.2.0.10258
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 4.6
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

9.86 }} -22.04%

score

0.92242

percentile