CVE-2008-3442

high

Description

WinZip before 11.0 does not properly verify the authenticity of updates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse update, as demonstrated by evilgrade and DNS cache poisoning.

References

http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz

http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdf

http://securitytracker.com/id?1020581

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-08-01

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H