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NVD Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2008-3437

Modified

Source-cve@mitre.org

Published At-01 Aug, 2008 | 14:41

Updated At-23 Apr, 2026 | 00:35

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.

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	2.0	7.5	HIGH	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Type: Primary

Version: 2.0

Base score: 7.5

Base severity: HIGH

Vector:

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CPE Matches

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-94	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

CWE ID: CWE-94

Type: Primary

Source: nvd@nist.gov

Vendor Statements

Organization : Red Hat

Last Modified : 2008-08-04T00:00:00

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of OpenOffice.org as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5. The updated Red Hat Enterprise Linux packages are not distributed via the openoffice.org update service, but rather via Red Hat Network, using the package manager capabilities to verify authenticity of updates.

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020583	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdf	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020583	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdf	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A