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CVE-2024-7262 · Kingsoft WPS Office · Published 2024-08-15
9.3 out of 10
CVSS rates it critical: about as damaging as flaws get.
3.1%
Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored flaws (EPSS, 2026-10-29).
Yes
CISA has seen it exploited in real attacks. For US government agencies the fix is deadline passed 766 days ago (2024-09-24).
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Kingsoft WPS Office contains a path traversal vulnerability in promecefpluginhost.exe on Windows that allows an attacker to load an arbitrary Windows library.
Improper path validation in promecefpluginhost.exe in Kingsoft WPS Office version ranging from 12.2.0.13110 to 12.2.0.16412 (exclusive) on Windows allows an attacker to load an arbitrary Windows library. The vulnerability was found weaponized as a single-click exploit in the form of a deceptive spreadsheet document
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A supplied file path escapes the directory the application intended to allow.
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