PT-2008-4839 · Don Ho · Notepad++

Published 2008-08-01 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2008-3436

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Notepad++ versions prior to 4.8.1

Description The issue concerns the GUP generic update process, which does not properly verify the authenticity of updates. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse update. Techniques such as evilgrade and DNS cache poisoning can be used to exploit this issue.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.8.1, update to version 4.8.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3436

Affected Products

Notepad++

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3436 · Security Note
• http://infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz · Note
• http://infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdf · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html · Note