THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-0454
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-0454

Windows vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
25.2%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Cross-zone scripting vulnerability in the Internet Explorer web control in Skype 3.6.0.244, and earlier 3.5.x and 3.6.x versions, on Windows allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML in the Local Machine Zone via the Title field of a (1) Dailymotion and possibly (2) Metacafe movie in the Skype video gallery, accessible through a search within the "Add video to chat" dialog, aka "videomood XSS."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Published
2008-01-25

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 25.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-0454

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-0454.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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