CVE-2008-3442

WinZip before 11.0 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.

Published: 2008-08-01 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-3442 is rated Moderate Risk (64/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.76%). EPSS rose +3.00% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3442

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.76% 3.76% +3.00%
2 2026-04-04 0.65% 0.76% +0.10%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.65% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3442

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3442

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3442

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
winzip winzip 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
winzip winzip 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
winzip winzip 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
winzip winzip 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:8.1:*:sr1:*:*:*:*:*
winzip winzip 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
winzip winzip 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:9.0:*:sr1:*:*:*:*:*
winzip winzip 10.0 cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3442

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