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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.1% · top 19% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-94 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-94 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (5)

• skype-addvideotochat-code-execution(39754) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://aviv.raffon.net/2008/01/22/NoMoreVideosForYouComeBackWhenPatchAvailable.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 27338 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• VU#794236 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• http://skype.com/security/skype-sb-2008-001-update1.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2008-0583](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2008-0583.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2008-0583)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 07:54 UTC.