National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-0454

Overview

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."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#248184

Name: VU#248184

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/248184

External Source: XF

Name: skype-addvideotochat-code-execution(39754)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/39754

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-0194

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0194

External Source: BID

Name: 27338

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27338

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080117 RE: Skype videomood XSS

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/486512/100/0/threaded

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/vulnerabilities-in-skype

Hyperlink:http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/vulnerabilities-in-skype

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.critical.lt/?opinions/show/1470

Hyperlink:http://www.critical.lt/?opinions/show/1470

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://skype.com/security/skype-sb-2008-001.html

Hyperlink:http://skype.com/security/skype-sb-2008-001.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://skype.com/security/skype-sb-2008-001-update1.html

Hyperlink:http://skype.com/security/skype-sb-2008-001-update1.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://share.skype.com/sites/security/2008/01/skype_cross_zone_scripting_vul.html

Hyperlink:http://share.skype.com/sites/security/2008/01/skype_cross_zone_scripting_vul.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://aviv.raffon.net/2008/01/17/SkypeCrosszoneScriptingVulnerability.aspx

Hyperlink:http://aviv.raffon.net/2008/01/17/SkypeCrosszoneScriptingVulnerability.aspx

External Source: FULLDISC

Name: 20080117 Re: Skype videomood XSS

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-01/0363.html

External Source: FULLDISC

Name: 20080117 Skype videomood XSS

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-01/0337.html