CVE-2008-3437

OpenOffice.org (OOo) before 2.1.0 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.

🔗 References (8)

• cve@mitrehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html
• cve@mitrehttp://securitytracker.com/id?1020583
• cve@mitrehttp://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdf
• cve@mitrehttp://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1020583
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdf
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz