PT-2018-8953 · Microsoft · Skype For Windows

Eili Masami · Published 2018-06-26 · Updated 2018-08-17 · CVE-2018-0595

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 in the installer. This could allow an attacker to gain privileges 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-2018-0595

Affected Products

Skype For Windows

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0595 · Security Note
• https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/srd/2018/04/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerability · Vendor Advisory
• http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN91151862/index.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104563 · Note