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CVE-2008-0583 Details

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 Description and unspecified other metadata fields of a Metacafe movie submitted by Metacafe Pro to the Skype video gallery, accessible through a search within the (1) "Add video to chat" or (2) "Add video to mood" dialog, a different vector than CVE-2008-0454.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://aviv.raffon.net/2008/01/22/NoMoreVideosForYouComeBackWhenPatchAvailable.aspx	CVE	Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39754	CVE
http://skype.com/security/skype-sb-2008-001-update1.htm	CVE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/794236	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27338	CVE	Exploit
http://aviv.raffon.net/2008/01/22/NoMoreVideosForYouComeBackWhenPatchAvailable.aspx	[email protected]	Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39754	[email protected]
http://skype.com/security/skype-sb-2008-001-update1.htm	[email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/794236	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27338	[email protected]	Exploit

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-94	Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
skype technologies skype	3.5 3.6 3.6.216 3.6.244
CPE cpe:2.3:a:skype_technologies:skype:3.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:skype_technologies:skype:3.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:skype_technologies:skype:3.6.216:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:skype_technologies:skype:3.6.244:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 5, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]