CVE-2022-24934

published 2022-03-23

CVE-2022-24934: wpsupdater.exe in Kingsoft WPS Office through 11.2.0.10382 allows remote code execution by modifying HKEY_CURRENT_USER in the registry.

Priority P1 84 critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I H A H

ITW VulnCheck KEV

wpsupdater.exe in Kingsoft WPS Office through 11.2.0.10382 allows remote code execution by modifying HKEY_CURRENT_USER in the registry.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
wps	wps_office	<= 11.2.0.10382	—

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

process wpsupdater.exe↗

• → Monitor wpsupdater.exe for unexpected registry modifications to HKEY_CURRENT_USER, which may indicate exploitation of CVE-2022-24934 leading to remote code execution. ↗

• · Affected version range is Kingsoft WPS Office through 11.2.0.10382; versions beyond this may be patched. ↗
• · The threat actor behind Operation Dragon Castling exploiting this CVE was not yet linked to a known group at time of reporting. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 7.5 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

vulncheck 9.8 CRITICAL

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