TI-2024-03224 Aliases CVE-2024-3459 GHSA-gww7-xg42-6356

KioWare for Windows (versions all through 8.34) allows to escape the environment by…

LOW 38CWE-424Published 2024-05-09 · Updated 2024-08-01

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

KioWare for Windows (versions all through 8.34) allows to escape the environment by downloading PDF files, which then by default are opened in an external PDF viewer. By using built-in functions of that viewer it is possible to launch a web browser, search through local files and, subsequently, launch any program with user privileges.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00268 18th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Kioware	Kioware	up to 8.34	—	No fix listed	CNA

Kioware VendorKioware Affected up to 8.34 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:kioware:kioware::::::windows::*	up to 8.34	Vulnerable	Kioware

cpe:2.3:a:kioware:kioware:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* Versions up to 8.34 Vulnerable ·Kioware

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-3459
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gww7-xg42-6356

References

Advisory 2

Other 1

https://www.kioware.com/

TI-2022-22081 KioWare through 8.33 on Windows sets KioScriptingUrlACL.AclActions.AllowHigh for the… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
TI-2023-17355 KioWare for Windows through v8.33 was discovered to contain an incomplete blacklist… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2023-17354 KioWare for Windows through v8.33 was discovered to contain an incomplete blacklist… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2024-03225 In KioWare for Windows (versions all through 8.34) it is possible to exit this software… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
TI-2024-03226 Missing brute-force protection in Kioware CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.2

Sources

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