Vulnerability CVE-2008-0454
Published: 2008-01-24   Modified: 2012-02-12

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 Title field of a (1) Dailymotion and possibly (2) Metacafe movie in the Skype video gallery, accessible through a search within the "Add video to chat" dialog, aka "videomood XSS."

Type:

CWE-79

 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'))

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
9.3/10
10/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Skype technologies -> Skype 
Microsoft -> IE 

 References:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-01/0337.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-01/0363.html
http://aviv.raffon.net/2008/01/17/SkypeCrosszoneScriptingVulnerability.aspx
http://share.skype.com/sites/security/2008/01/skype_cross_zone_scripting_vul.html
http://skype.com/security/skype-sb-2008-001-update1.html
http://skype.com/security/skype-sb-2008-001.html
http://www.critical.lt/?opinions/show/1470
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/vulnerabilities-in-skype
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/248184
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486512/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27338
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0194
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39754
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