CVE-2008-3434
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 2.6%EU EUVD
Apple iTunes before 10.5.1 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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 2.6% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3420)
- Published
- August 1, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3420 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
- apple / itunes
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011/Nov/msg00003.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5030
- 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
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17136
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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