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 HIGH
AV: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