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CVE-2015-6585
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2017-07-25 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-119
Description
hwpapp.dll in Hangul Word Processor allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted heap spray, and by leveraging a "type confusion" via an HWPX file containing a crafted para text tag.
Affected products
References
- http://www.hancom.com/cs_center/csDownload.do
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76694
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/09/zero-day_hwp_exploit.html
- https://www.fireeye.com/content/dam/fireeye-www/global/en/blog/threat-research/FireEye_HWP_ZeroDay.pdf
- http://www.hancom.com/cs_center/csDownload.do
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76694
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/09/zero-day_hwp_exploit.html
- https://www.fireeye.com/content/dam/fireeye-www/global/en/blog/threat-research/FireEye_HWP_ZeroDay.pdf
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