PT-2018-8952 · Microsoft · Skype For Windows

Published 2018-06-26 · Updated 2018-08-17 · CVE-2018-0594

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Skype for Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an untrusted search path vulnerability, which allows an attacker to gain privileges. This can be achieved by using a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Untrusted Search Path

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-426

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-0594

Affected Products

Skype For Windows

References · 4

• https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/srd/2018/04/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerability · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0594 · Security Note
• http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN91151862/index.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104563 · Note