CVE-2006-2312

Skype vulnerability

CVSS

2.6

EPSS

4.1%

EPSS pct

90th

Exploited

No known

Argument injection vulnerability in the URI handler in Skype 2.0.*.104 and 2.5.*.0 through 2.5.*.78 for Windows allows remote authorized attackers to download arbitrary files via a URL that contains certain command-line switches.

Affected vendor

Skype

Affected product

Skype

CVSS vector

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

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-88 — Argument Injection

Published

2006-05-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 4.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

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