CVE-2008-3442 describes a critical vulnerability in WinZip versions prior to 11.0, where the application fails to properly authenticate software updates. This flaw allows man-in-the-middle attackers to deliver and execute arbitrary code through malicious "Trojan horse" updates, potentially leveraging techniques like DNS cache poisoning. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, leading to potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:8.1:*:sr1:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.