PT-2008-6749 · Microsoft · Skype Extension For Firefox

Irk4Z · Published 2008-12-22 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2008-5697

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Skype extension for Firefox version 2.2.0.95

Description The issue allows remote attackers to write arbitrary data to the clipboard via a string argument passed to the skype tool.copy num method.

Recommendations For version 2.2.0.95, consider disabling the skype tool.copy num method until a patch is available to prevent arbitrary data from being written to the clipboard.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5697

Affected Products

Skype Extension For Firefox

References · 5

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/6690 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5697 · Security Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4797 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31613 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45739 · Note