CVE-2008-3323
HIGH · CVSS 7.6EPSS 2.6%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 2.6% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3311)
- Published
- July 28, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3311 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / cygwin
References
- http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2008-08/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31271
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4051
- http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJADV-2008-02.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494756/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30375
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2321
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449929
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44047
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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