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CVE-2008-3442 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020581 CVE
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdf CVE
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz CVE
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html [email protected]

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
winzip winzip
7.0
8.0
8.1
9.0
10.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:8.1:*:sr1:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:9.0:*:sr1:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-3442
NVD Published Date:
Aug 1, 2008
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]