Description
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.
Published: 2008-08-01
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-3423 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.
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Openoffice Openoffice.org
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:30:38.697Z

Reserved: 2008-08-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-3437

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-08-01T14:41:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-3437

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