CVE-2018-6400
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedKingsoft WPS Office Free 10.2.0.5978 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service by impersonating all the pipes through a use of \\.\pipe\WPSCloudSvr\WpsCloudSvr -- an "insecurely created named pipe." Ensures full access to Everyone users group.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceKingsoft WPS Office Free 10.2.0.5978 creates a named pipe (\\.\pipe\WPSCloudSvr\WpsCloudSvr) with insecure permissions that grant full access to the Everyone user group. Local attackers can impersonate this pipe to elevate privileges or trigger denial of service.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 10.2.0.5978CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
-
Identify installed Kingsoft WPS Office versionCheck the installed version via Registry (HKLM\SOFTWARE\Kingsoft\Office\WPS\Install) or by reviewing the executable file properties of the WPS Office installation directoryAffected if The installed version matches exactly 10.2.0.5978 (Kingsoftstore WPS Office Free)
-
Verify the vulnerable named pipe existsUse PowerShell command: Get-Item \\.\pipe\WPSCloudSvr\WpsCloudSvr -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue to check if the pipe is presentAffected if The named pipe \\pipe\WPSCloudSvr\WpsCloudSvr exists on the system (indicates the vulnerable service is running)
-
Inspect the named pipe security permissionsUse PowerShell command: $pipe = Get-Item \\.\pipe\WPSCloudSvr\WpsCloudSvr; $pipe.GetAccessControl().Access to retrieve the access control listAffected if The ACL grants FullControl or excessive permissions to the Everyone user group on this named pipe
User is affected if Kingsoft WPS Office Free version 10.2.0.5978 is installed AND the named pipe \pipe\WPSCloudSvr\WpsCloudSvr exists with Everyone group having FullControl permissions.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply vendor patch or update to a non-vulnerable version of Kingsoft WPS Office. If immediate patching is not possible, monitor for unauthorized local access and consider application isolation controls.
- Consultation1.0 h
- Implementation1.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
An estimate, not a bill — we confirm scope with you before any work starts. Need it this week? Rush from $1,376.
Scan for this in your stack
Free · runs locallyCheck whether your project pulls in CVE-2018-6400 — or any other known-vulnerable package — straight from your lock files. Free and open source; it runs locally and uploads nothing.
References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2018-6400 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
No notes yet
Be the first to add a field note for this CVE — a mitigation you’ve verified, a version caveat, or a link to a working fix. Sign in above to contribute.
A place for practitioners to share what actually worked: a mitigation you’ve tested, a configuration change, a version- or environment-specific caveat, or a link to a verified patch. The most useful notes rise to the top as peers upvote them, so the signal stays high.
- Verified mitigations, workarounds, and config changes
- Version or environment caveats, and links to real fixes
- No weaponised exploit code, or anything meant to cause harm
- No spam, self-promotion, credentials, or personal data