CVE-2008-3437

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 None
Description
OpenOffice.org (OOo) before 2.1.0 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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-3437
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2008-08-01T14:41:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2008-09-05T21:43:04
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-94 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice.org:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice.org:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice.org:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice.org:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice.org:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdf
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020583
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3437
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3437
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 11:23:40 Added to TrackCVE