Vulnerability Spotlight: Vulnerabilities in popular Japanese word processing software could lead to arbitrary code execution, other issues

A Cisco Talos researcher discovered these vulnerabilities.

Cisco Talos recently discovered four vulnerabilities in Ichitaro, a popular word processing software in Japan produced by JustSystems that could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Ichitaro uses the ATOK input method (IME) and uses the proprietary .jtd file extension. It’s the second most-popular word processing system in Japan behind only Microsoft word.

Talos discovered four vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to gain the ability to execute arbitrary code on the targeted machine. …

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