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CVE-2018-0594 Details

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Skype for Windows allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN91151862/index.html CVEThird Party Advisory
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/srd/2018/04/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerability/ CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104563 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN91151862/index.html [email protected]Third Party Advisory
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/srd/2018/04/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerability/ [email protected]Vendor Advisory

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-426Untrusted Search Path[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
microsoft skype
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:skype:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
microsoft windows
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-0594
NVD Published Date:
Jun 26, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]