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CVE-2008-3442

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2008-08-01 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Winzip Winzip

Weakness Type

CWE-94

References