Nullsoft Winamp before 5.24 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
Link | Resource |
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http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html | Broken Link |
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020582 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdf | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz | Third Party Advisory |
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15225 | Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
History
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Information
Published : 2008-08-01 14:41
Updated : 2024-02-04 17:33
NVD link : CVE-2008-3441
Mitre link : CVE-2008-3441
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-3441
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Products Affected
nullsoft
- winamp
CWE
CWE-94
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')