7.8
HIGH
CVE-2024-7263
Kingsoft WPS Office DLL Hijacking
Description

Improper path validation in promecefpluginhost.exe in Kingsoft WPS Office version ranging from 12.2.0.13110 to 12.2.0.17115 (exclusive) on Windows allows an attacker to load an arbitrary Windows library. The patch released in version 12.1.0.17119 to mitigate CVE-2024-7262 was not restrictive enough. Another parameter was not properly sanitized which leads to the execution of an arbitrary Windows library.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 15, 2024, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 22, 2024, 6:15 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-7263 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
1 Microsoft windows
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-2024-7263.

URL Resource
https://www.wps.com/whatsnew/pc/20240422/ Vendor Advisory

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).

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

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2024-7263 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • Cybersecurity News
CVE-2024-35783 (CVSS 9.4): Critical-Severity Flaw Exposes Siemens Industrial Systems

Siemens has issued a critical security advisory regarding a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in several of its SIMATIC products, including SIMATIC Process Historian, SIMATIC PCS 7, and SIMATI ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 12, 2024 (1 month, 3 weeks ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
Critical Cisco SLU Vulnerabilities CVE-2024-20439 and CVE-2024-20440 Threaten Remote Admin Control

Cisco has issued a security advisory warning organizations of multiple vulnerabilities in its Smart Licensing Utility (SLU) that could allow remote attackers to access sensitive information or gain ad ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 05, 2024 (2 months ago)
  • The Cyber Express
Cyberespionage Threat: APT-C-60 Targets East Asia with SpyGlace

A sophisticated cyberespionage campaign targeting East Asian countries has been uncovered, with the APT-C-60 group exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in WPS Office to deploy the notorious SpyGlace ba ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 30, 2024 (2 months ago)
  • TheCyberThrone
APT-C-60 Exploits WPS Office Vulnerabilities

Security researchers from ESET have identified two vulnerabilities in WPS Office for Windows, widely exploited by the APT-C-60 cyberespionage group, which is aligned with South Korea.APT-C-60, known f ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 29, 2024 (2 months ago)
  • Dark Reading
South Korean APT Exploits 1-Click WPS Office Bug, Nabs Chinese Intel

Source: Imaginechina Limited via Alamy Stock PhotoEarlier this year, a South Korean advanced persistent threat (APT) exploited a critical vulnerability in WPS Office to spy on high-level entities in C ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 29, 2024 (2 months, 1 week ago)
  • BleepingComputer
South Korean hackers exploited WPS Office zero-day to deploy malware

The South Korea-aligned cyberespionage group APT-C-60 has been leveraging a zero-day code execution vulnerability in the Windows version of WPS Office to install the SpyGlace backdoor on East Asian ta ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 28, 2024 (2 months, 1 week ago)
  • The Hacker News
APT-C-60 Group Exploit WPS Office Flaw to Deploy SpyGlace Backdoor

Cyber Attack / Vulnerability A South Korea-aligned cyber espionage has been linked to the zero-day exploitation of a now-patched critical remote code execution flaw in Kingsoft WPS Office to deploy a ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 28, 2024 (2 months, 1 week ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
ESET Uncovers Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in WPS Office, Exploited by APT-C-60

Overview of the exploit’s control flow | Image: ESETESET researchers have identified two severe vulnerabilities in WPS Office for Windows, widely exploited by the APT-C-60 cyberespionage group, which ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 28, 2024 (2 months, 1 week ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
CISA Warns of Actively Exploited Apache OFBiz CVE-2024-38856 Vulnerability, PoC Available

Image: securelayer7The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent warning about an actively exploited security flaw in Apache OFBiz, a popular open-source enterp ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 27, 2024 (2 months, 1 week ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
Chinese Hackers Deploy VersaMem Web Shell via Versa Director Zero-Day (CVE-2024-39717)

Overview of the Versa Director exploitation process and the VersaMem web shell functionalityBlack Lotus Labs, a threat intelligence team within Lumen Technologies, has uncovered the active exploitatio ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 27, 2024 (2 months, 1 week ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
Zero-Click Windows RCE Threat: Researcher Publishes PoC Exploit for CVE-2024-38063

In a significant development for cybersecurity professionals, security researcher Ynwarcs has published an in-depth analysis and proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for a critical zero-click CVE-2024- ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 27, 2024 (2 months, 1 week ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
Microsoft, Linux, Dahua Flaws Exploited: CISA Warns

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent alert, adding four critical security vulnerabilities impacting Microsoft Exchange Server, the Linux kernel, and Da ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 21, 2024 (2 months, 2 weeks ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
CVE-2024-6800 (CVSS 9.5): Critical GitHub Enterprise Server Flaw Patched, Admin Access at Risk

GitHub, the world’s leading software development platform, has recently disclosed multiple security vulnerabilities in GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) that could have allowed attackers to gain unautho ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 21, 2024 (2 months, 2 weeks ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
WPS Office Vulnerabilities Expose 200 Million Users: CVE-2024-7262 Exploited in the Wild

Please enable JavaScriptWPS Office, a widely used office suite with a user base exceeding 200 million, has been found to contain two critical vulnerabilities that could expose users to remote code exe ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 16, 2024 (2 months, 2 weeks ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-7263 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 [email protected]

    Aug. 22, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Improper path validation in promecefpluginhost.exe in Kingsoft WPS Office version ranging from 12.2.0.13110 to 12.2.0.17153 (exclusive) on Windows allows an attacker to load an arbitrary Windows library. The patch released in version 12.2.0.16909 to mitigate CVE-2024-7262 was not restrictive enough. Another parameter was not properly sanitized which leads to the execution of an arbitrary Windows library. Improper path validation in promecefpluginhost.exe in Kingsoft WPS Office version ranging from 12.2.0.13110 to 12.2.0.17115 (exclusive) on Windows allows an attacker to load an arbitrary Windows library. The patch released in version 12.1.0.17119 to mitigate CVE-2024-7262 was not restrictive enough. Another parameter was not properly sanitized which leads to the execution of an arbitrary Windows library.
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 16, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wps.com/whatsnew/pc/20240422/ No Types Assigned https://www.wps.com/whatsnew/pc/20240422/ Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-22
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:kingsoft:wps_office:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.2.0.13110 up to (excluding) 12.2.0.17153 OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 16, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Improper path validation in promecefpluginhost.exe in Kingsoft WPS Office version ranging from 12.2.0.13110 to 12.2.0.13489 on Windows allows an attacker to load an arbitrary Windows library. The patch released in version 12.2.0.16909 to mitigate CVE-2024-7262 was not restrictive enough. Another hyperlink parameter was not properly sanitized which leads to the execution of an arbitrary Windows library. Improper path validation in promecefpluginhost.exe in Kingsoft WPS Office version ranging from 12.2.0.13110 to 12.2.0.17153 (exclusive) on Windows allows an attacker to load an arbitrary Windows library. The patch released in version 12.2.0.16909 to mitigate CVE-2024-7262 was not restrictive enough. Another parameter was not properly sanitized which leads to the execution of an arbitrary Windows library.
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Aug. 15, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Improper path validation in promecefpluginhost.exe in Kingsoft WPS Office version ranging from 12.2.0.13110 to 12.2.0.13489 on Windows allows an attacker to load an arbitrary Windows library. The patch released in version 12.2.0.16909 to mitigate CVE-2024-7262 was not restrictive enough. Another hyperlink parameter was not properly sanitized which leads to the execution of an arbitrary Windows library.
    Added Reference ESET https://www.wps.com/whatsnew/pc/20240422/ [No types assigned]
    Added CWE ESET CWE-22
    Added CVSS V4.0 ESET CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-7263 is associated with the following CWEs:

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