CVE-2008-3436 (GCVE-0-2008-3436)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-08-01 14:00
Modified
2024-09-16 18:13
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
The GUP generic update process in Notepad++ before 4.8.1 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.
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