Published:2023/06/12  Last Updated:2023/06/12

JVN#36060509
"WPS Office" vulnerable to OS command injection

Overview

"WPS Office" which was provided by KINGSOFT JAPAN, INC. contains an OS command injection vulnerability.

Products Affected

  • WPS Office version 10.8.0.6186

Description

"WPS Office" which was provided by KINGSOFT JAPAN, INC. contains an OS command injection vulnerability (CWE-78).

Impact

If a remote attacker who can conduct a man-in-the-middle attack connects the product to a malicious server and sends a specially crafted data, an arbitrary OS command may be executed on the system where the product is installed.

Solution

Stop using "WPS Office" and switch to "WPS Office2"
The developer states that "WPS Office" is no longer supported, and recommends users to use an alternative unaffected product "WPS Office2" .
For more information, refer to the information provided by the developer.

Vendor Status

References

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

CVSS v3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score: 9.0
Attack Vector(AV) Physical (P) Local (L) Adjacent (A) Network (N)
Attack Complexity(AC) High (H) Low (L)
Privileges Required(PR) High (H) Low (L) None (N)
User Interaction(UI) Required (R) None (N)
Scope(S) Unchanged (U) Changed (C)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
CVSS v2 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Base Score: 7.6
Access Vector(AV) Local (L) Adjacent Network (A) Network (N)
Access Complexity(AC) High (H) Medium (M) Low (L)
Authentication(Au) Multiple (M) Single (S) None (N)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)

Comment

This analysis assumes a man-in-the-middle attack being conducted by a remote attacker.

Credit

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE CVE-2023-32548
JVN iPedia JVNDB-2023-000062