PT-2008-4001 · Microsoft · Skype

Published 2008-06-06 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-2545

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Skype versions 3.6.0.248 through 3.8.0.138

Description The issue allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass warning dialogs and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file: URI with a dangerous extension that uses a different case, due to a case-sensitive comparison when checking for dangerous extensions.

Recommendations For Skype versions 3.6.0.248 through 3.8.0.138, update to version 3.8.0.139 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2545

Affected Products

Skype

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2545 · Security Note
• http://skype.com/security/skype-sb-2008-003.html · Patch
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=711 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/29553 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1749/references · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30547 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020201 · Note
• http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43044 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43044 · Note