PoC Index

CVE-2008-3436

HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.8%

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.

CVSS v2.0
7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
1.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 77th percentile
Published
2008-08-01
Updated
2024-09-16

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

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