National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-5084
Original release date:09/29/2006
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Format string vulnerability in the NSRunAlertPanel function in eBay Skype for Mac 1.5.*.79 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed Skype URL, as originally reported to involve a null dereference.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#202604
Name: VU#202604
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.skype.com/security/skype-sb-2006-002.html
External Source: BID
Name: 20218
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3259
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-3895
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1016966
External Source: MISC
Name: http://security-protocols.com/vids/skype_osx_0day.htm
