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CVE-2008-3440

Date: August 1, 2008

Sun Java 1.6.0_03 and earlier versions, and possibly later versions, 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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (6)

http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdf
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020584
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3440
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-3440

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Code Injection

CWE-94

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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