CVE-2008-3433

SpeedBit Download Accelerator Plus (DAP) before 8.6.3.9 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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2008-08-01

Last modified

2024-09-16

Weaknesses

CWE-94

Affected products

• Download Accelerator Plus (Speedbit)

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