HIGH
Cygwin installation and update process can be subverted
Published Jul 28, 2008
7.6
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.65%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.6 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.65% 0.02649
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02649
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.65% (0.02649) | 85.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.65% (0.02649) | 83.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.48% (0.01479) | 79.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.11% (0.01113) | 85.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.81% (0.00807) | 81.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.81% (0.00807) | 79.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.42% (0.04421) | 88.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.42% (0.04421) | 87.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.42% (0.04421) | 70.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (2)
References (12)
- http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2008-08/msg00001.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31271 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4051 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJADV-2008-02.txt x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494756/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30375 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2321 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3323 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449929 x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44047 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3323
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3323
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2008-08/msg00001.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/31271 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4051 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJADV-2008-02.txt | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494756/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30375 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2321 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3323 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449929 | x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44047 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3323 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3323 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 28, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jul 25, 2008
Link CVE-2008-3323
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a