A vulnerability has been identified in Skype for Windows, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by an input validation error within the processing of file extensions of file names supplied via a "file:" URIs, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass the security warning and execute arbitrary programs on a vulnerable system by tricking a user into following a specially crafted "file:" URI.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Ismael Briones (Inkatel) via iDefense Labs.
ChangeLog
2008-06-05 : Initial release
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