The vulnerability was exploited by a South Korea-aligned cyberespionage group APT-C-60.
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Vulnerability details
Advisory: SB2024082859 - Remote code execution in Kingsoft WPS Office
Vulnerable component: WPS Office
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-7262
CVSSv3 score: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Description:
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient path validation in promecefpluginhost.exe. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted spreadsheet document and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.
External links:
https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/analysis-of-two-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerabilities-affecting-wps-office/