RCE in Winzip

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.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.038 (88.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Winzip — versions 7.0, 8.0, 8.1
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References