Vulnerability CVE-2006-5084
Published: 2006-09-28   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Format string vulnerability in the NSRunAlertPanel function in eBay Skype for Mac 1.5.*.79 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed Skype URL, as originally reported to involve a null dereference.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Skype technologies -> Skype 

 References:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22185/
http://security-protocols.com/vids/skype_osx_0day.htm
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016966
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/202604
http://www.security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3259
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20218
http://www.skype.com/security/skype-sb-2006-002.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3895
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