CVE-2008-3436

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-94

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
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References

Timeline

Published
Aug 1, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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