Argument injection vulnerability in the URI handler in Skype 2.0.*.104 and 2.5.*.0 through 2.5.*.78 for Windows allows remote authorized…

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in the URI handler in Skype 2.0.*.104 and 2.5.*.0 through 2.5.*.78 for Windows allows remote authorized attackers to download arbitrary files via a URL that contains certain command-line switches.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.1% · top 9.1% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-88 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-88 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• 20060521 Skype - URI Handler Command Switch Parsing (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• 18038 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• VU#466428 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• ADV-2006-1871 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• skype-uri-handler-file-access(26557) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 20060521 Skype - URI Handler Command Switch Parsing (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 25658 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 20154 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.skype.com/security/skype-sb-2006-001.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2006-2312](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2006-2312.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2006-2312)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 17:43 UTC.