CVE-2008-1805
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 3.9%EU EUVD
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in Skype 3.6.0.248, and other versions before 3.8.0.139, allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass warning dialogs and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file: URI that ends in an executable extension that is not covered by the blacklist.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 3.9% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1805)
- Published
- June 6, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1805 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- skype technologies / skype
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References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=711
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30547(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29553
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020201
- http://www.skype.com/security/skype-sb-2008-003.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1749/references
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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