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JVNDB-2026-000074

WPS Office improper access restriction to its named pipe

Overview

WPS Office provided by WPS SOFTWARE PTE. LTD. contains a service program running background and providing certain functionalities to the other programs. This service program uses a named pipe to communicate with the other programs.
The named pipe above is not properly protected and any non-administrative user can access it.
  • Exposed dangerous method or function (CWE-749) - CVE-2018-6400
MASAHIRO IIDA of LAC Co., Ltd. reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.
CVSS Severity (What is CVSS?)

CVSS V3 Severity:
Base Metrics 7.8 (High) [NVD Score]
  • Attack Vector: Local
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: Low
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: High
CVSS v4 Severity
Base Metrics: 8.5 (High) [IPA Score]
  • Access Vector (AV): Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC): Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT): None
  • Privileges Required (PR): Low
  • User Interaction (UI): None
  • Vulnerable System Impact
  • Confidentiality Impact (VC): High
  • Integrity Impact (VI): High
  • Availability Impact (VA): High
  • Subsequent System Impact
  • Confidentiality Impact (SC): None
  • Integrity Impact (SI): None
  • Availability Impact (SA): None
Affected Products


WPS
  • KINGSOFT PDF Pro Ver.11.2.0.10715 and earlier
  • WPS Cloud Ver.11.2.0.10715 and earlier
  • WPS Cloud Pro Ver.11.2.0.10716 and earlier
  • WPS Office2 (2020 edition) Ver.11.2.0.10707 and earlier
  • WPS Office2 (2025 edition) Ver.11.2.0.10715 and earlier

Impact

A non-administrative user may execute arbitrary programs with SYSTEM privilege.
Solution

[Update the Software]
Update the software to the latest version according to the information provided by the developer.
Vendor Information

WPS
CWE (What is CWE?)

  1. No Mapping(CWE-Other) [NVD Evaluation]
CVE (What is CVE?)

  1. CVE-2018-6400
References

  1. JVN : JVN#14434132
Revision History

  • [2026/05/14]
      Web page was published