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Skype URL Handling File Disclosure Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA20154
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Release Date:
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2006-05-19
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Last Update:
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2006-06-07
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Popularity:
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21,096 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
Exposure of sensitive information
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Skype for Windows 1.x
Skype for Windows 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-2312
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Skype, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and potentially disclose certain sensitive information.
The vulnerability is cause due to an error within the parsing of the parameters passed by the URI handler. This can be exploited to inject additional command line switches to the Skype client to initiate transfer of a file from one Skype user to another via a specially crafted Skype URL, without requiring the sender to explicitly consent the action.
Successful exploitation requires that the user follows a malicious Skype URL and that the recipient has previously authorised the sender.
The vulnerability has been reported in the following versions of Skype for Windows.
* Release 2.0.*.104 and prior
* Release 2.5.*.0 through 2.5.*.78
Solution:
Update to the fixed versions.
http://www.skype.com/download/skype/windows/
Skype for Windows 2.0:
Update to release 2.0.*.105 or later.
Skype for Windows 2.5:
Update to release 2.5.*.79 or later.
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Brett Moore of Security-Assessment.com Ltd.
Changelog:
2006-05-23: Updated "Description" and "Original Advisory" sections.
2006-06-07: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note.
Original Advisory:
Skype:
http://www.skype.com/security/skype-sb-2006-001.html
Security-Assessment.com:
http://www.security-assessment.com/Ad.../Skype_URI_Handling_Vulnerability.pdf
Other References:
US-CERT VU#466428:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/466428
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