CVE-2008-3436

The GUP generic update process in Notepad++ before 4.8.1 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.
Code Injection
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
7.5 UNKNOWN
NETWORK
LOW
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 69%
VendorProductVersion
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 1.0
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 1.1
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 1.2
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 1.3
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 1.4
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 1.5
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 1.6
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 1.7
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 1.8
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 1.9
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 2.1
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 2.2
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 2.3
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 2.4
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 2.5
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
𝑥
≤ 2.6
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 2.8
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 2.9
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 3.0
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 3.1
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 3.2
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 3.3
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 3.4
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 3.5
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 3.6
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 3.7
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
𝑥
≤ 3.8
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 3.9
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 4.0
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 4.0.2
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 4.1
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 4.1.1
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 4.1.2
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 4.2.1
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 4.2.2
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 4.3
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 4.4
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 4.5
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 4.6
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 4.7
notepad\+\+notepad\+\+
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≤ 4.7.2
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= Vulnerable software versions