Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-3435

RCE

Title: Linkedin Browser Toolbar RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-3435.

CWE Category CWE-94

Published Date Aug 01, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.84%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-3435: LinkedIn Browser Toolbar 3.0.3.1100 and earlier 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.

Impacted Vendors

linkedin 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html 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 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html 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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-3435 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 01, 2008 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.