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CVE-2008-3323
setup.exe before 2.573.2.3 in Cygwin does not properly verify the authenticity of packages, which allows remote Cygwin mirror servers or…
- 7.6HighCVSS base score
- 2.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 14% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
setup.exe before 2.573.2.3 in Cygwin does not properly verify the authenticity of packages, which allows remote Cygwin mirror servers or man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a package list containing the MD5 checksum of a Trojan horse package.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 14% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- ADV-2008-2321 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJADV-2008-02.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- cygwin-setup-weak-security(44047) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20080725 SECOBJADV-2008-02: Cygwin Installation and Update Process can be Subverted Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449929 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 30375 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 4051 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- [cygwin-announce] 20080805 Updated: Setup.exe updated to version 2.573.2.3 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 31271 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-3311 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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