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Skype for Windows Remote URL Handling Arbitrary File Transfer Vulnerability

Title : Skype for Windows Remote URL Handling Arbitrary File Transfer Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2006-1871
CVE ID : CVE-2006-2312
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-05-20

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

References

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Skype, which may be exploited by attackers to download arbitrary files from a vulnerable system [...]

Solution

Upgrade to Skype version 2.0.*.105 or 2.5.*.79 :
http://www.skype.com/download/skype/windows/

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Brett Moore

ChangeLog

2006-05-20 : Initial release

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