Kingsoft Office Remote Code Execution

CVE-2014-2271

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Type

• Remote Code Execution through MitM Attack on Kingsoft Office Application

Severity

• High

Affected products

• Kingsoft Office

Date

• 2014-11-05

CVE Reference

• CVE-2014-2271

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MWR have discovered a vulnerability in the Kingsoft Office application, shipped by default with the Huawei P2 mobile phone. The vulnerability takes advantage of an SSL connection falling back to a clear text connection in order to inject content into a WebView with a vulnerable JavaScript bridge. Exploiting this issue allows an attacker to remotely execute commands on the device in the context of the Kingsoft Office application.

The advisory can be downloaded here.