National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3324
Original release date:08/18/2008
Last revised:09/11/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The PartyGaming PartyPoker client program 121/120 does not properly verify the authenticity of updates, which allows remote man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse update.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
4.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: XF
Name: partypoker-update-weak-security(44477)
External Source: BID
Name: 30693
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080825 SECOBJADV-2008-03.2: PartyGaming PartyPoker Malicious Update Vulnerability
External Source: FULLDISC
Name: 20080814 SECOBJADV-2008-03: PartyGaming PartyPoker Malicious Update Vulnerability