FKIE_CVE-2008-3442

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-08-01 14:41 - Updated: 2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1020581
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdf
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1020581
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdf
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
winzip winzip 7.0
winzip winzip 8.0
winzip winzip 8.1
winzip winzip 8.1
winzip winzip 9.0
winzip winzip 9.0
winzip winzip 10.0
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    },
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      "value": "WinZip anterior a 11.0 no verifica adecuadamente la autenticidad de las actualizaciones, lo cual permite a atacantes de tipo \u0027hombre en el medio\u0027 (man-in-the-middle) ejecutar c\u00f3digo de su elecci\u00f3n a trav\u00e9s de la actualizaci\u00f3n de un Caballo de Troya, que se manifiesta en el grado de da\u00f1o y el envenenamiento de la cach\u00e9 DNS.\r\n\r\n"
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  "id": "CVE-2008-3442",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490",
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          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
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  "published": "2008-08-01T14:41:00.000",
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