CVE-2008-3436
notepad\+\+ notepad\+\+: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
- EPSS
- 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 78% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-94
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- notepad\+\+:notepad\+\+
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html
- http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdf
- http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html
- http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdf