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CVE-2008-0583

CVE information

Published

16 years ago

Last Modified

6 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

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 Description and unspecified other metadata fields of a Metacafe movie submitted by Metacafe Pro to the Skype video gallery, accessible through a search within the (1) "Add video to chat" or (2) "Add video to mood" dialog, a different vector than CVE-2008-0454..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
4.3/10
Exploit Score
8.6/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
None
Integrity Impact
Partial

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:skype_technologies:skype:3.6.244:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:skype_technologies:skype:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:skype_technologies:skype:3.6.216:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:skype_technologies:skype:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -