THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2012-4886
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2012-4886

Office 2012 vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
15.3%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Stack-based buffer overflow in wpsio.dll in Kingsoft WPS Office 2012 possibly 8.1.0.3238 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long BSTR string.
Affected vendor
Kingsoft
Affected product
Office 2012
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2014-03-24

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 15.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-4886

  • Confirm whether Kingsoft Office 2012 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-4886.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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