CVE-2008-2545 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2008-2545

Skype 3.6.0.248, and other versions before 3.8.0.139, uses a case-sensitive...

Vulnerability Description

Skype 3.6.0.248, and other versions before 3.8.0.139, uses a case-sensitive comparison when checking for dangerous extensions, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass warning dialogs and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file: URI with a dangerous extension that uses a different case.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

skype technologies

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Affected Software

skype
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 3.0.0.106, 3.0.0.123, 3.0.0.137, 3.0.0.154, 3.0.0.190, 3.0.0.198, 3.0.0.205, 3.0.0.209, 3.0.0.214, 3.0.0.216, 3.0.0.217, 3.0.0.218, 3.1.0.112, 3.1.0.134, 3.1.0.144, 3.1.0.147, 3.1.0.150, 3.1.0.152, 3.2.0.53, 3.2.0.63, 3.2.0.82, 3.2.0.115, 3.2.0.145, 3.2.0.148, 3.2.0.152, 3.2.0.158, 3.2.0.163, 3.2.0.175, 3.5.0.107, 3.5.0.158, 3.5.0.178, 3.5.0.202, 3.5.0.214, 3.5.0.229, 3.5.0.234, 3.5.0.239, 3.6.0.127, 3.6.0.159, 3.6.0.216, 3.6.0.244, 3.6.0.248, 3.8.0.96

Timeline

Official Publish: June 6th, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.