PT-2017-7038 · Hancom · Hangul Word Processor

Published 2017-07-25 · Updated 2017-08-10 · CVE-2015-6585

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Hangul Word Processor (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted heap spray by leveraging a type confusion via an HWPX file containing a crafted para text tag.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-6585

Affected Products

Hangul Word Processor

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6585 · Security Note
• http://hancom.com/cs_center/csDownload.do · Vendor Advisory
• https://fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/09/zero-day_hwp_exploit.html · Note
• https://fireeye.com/content/dam/fireeye-www/global/en/blog/threat-research/FireEye_HWP_ZeroDay.pdf · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/76694 · Note