National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-2312
Original release date:05/19/2006
Last revised:03/17/2011
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
4.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Solution
Update to the fixed versions.}
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#466428
Name: VU#466428
External Source: XF
Name: skype-uri-handler-file-access(26557)
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-1871
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.skype.com/security/skype-sb-2006-001.html
External Source: BID
Name: 18038
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20060521 Skype - URI Handler Command Switch Parsing
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 25658
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 20154
Type: Advisory
External Source: FULLDISC
Name: 20060521 Skype - URI Handler Command Switch Parsing
