Skype 3.6.0.248, and other versions before 3.8.0.139, uses a case-sensitive comparison when checking for dangerous extensions, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass warning dialogs and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file: URI with a dangerous extension that uses a different case.
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| Hyperlink | Resource Type |
|---|
Skype 3.6.0.248, and other versions before 3.8.0.139, uses a case-sensitive comparison when checking for dangerous extensions, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass warning dialogs and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file: URI with a dangerous extension that uses a different case.
| Type | CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|---|
| text | N/A | n/a |
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| CAPEC ID | Description |
|---|
| Event | Date |
|---|
| Hyperlink | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020201 | vdb-entry x_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30547 | third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43044 | vdb-entry x_refsource_XF |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1749/references | vdb-entry x_refsource_VUPEN |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29553 | vdb-entry x_refsource_BID |
| http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=711 | third-party-advisory x_refsource_IDEFENSE |
| http://www.skype.com/security/skype-sb-2008-003.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| CAPEC ID | Description |
|---|
| Event | Date |
|---|
| Hyperlink | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020201 | vdb-entry x_refsource_SECTRACK x_transferred |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30547 | third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43044 | vdb-entry x_refsource_XF x_transferred |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1749/references | vdb-entry x_refsource_VUPEN x_transferred |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29553 | vdb-entry x_refsource_BID x_transferred |
| http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=711 | third-party-advisory x_refsource_IDEFENSE x_transferred |
| http://www.skype.com/security/skype-sb-2008-003.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred |
Skype 3.6.0.248, and other versions before 3.8.0.139, uses a case-sensitive comparison when checking for dangerous extensions, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass warning dialogs and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file: URI with a dangerous extension that uses a different case.
| Date Added | Due Date | Vulnerability Name | Required Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A |
| Type | Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 2.0 | 9.3 | HIGH | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Hyperlink | Source | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=711 | cve@mitre.org | N/A |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30547 | cve@mitre.org | N/A |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29553 | cve@mitre.org | N/A |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020201 | cve@mitre.org | N/A |
| http://www.skype.com/security/skype-sb-2008-003.html | cve@mitre.org | Patch |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1749/references | cve@mitre.org | N/A |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43044 | cve@mitre.org | N/A |