CVE-2008-3441

N/A Unknown
Published: August 01, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Nullsoft Winamp before 5.24 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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020582
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020582
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15225
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

nullsoft