XSS in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2008-0454
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 Title field of a (1) Dailymotion and possibly (2) Metacafe movie in the Skype video gallery, accessible through a search within the "Add video to chat" dialog, aka "videomood XSS."
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.252 (97.9th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.252 · newest: 0.252 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Microsoft Windows
- Skype Technologies — versions 3.5, 3.6
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39754 (vdb-entry)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-01/0337.html (mailing-list)
- www.critical.lt/
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486512/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- aviv.raffon.net/2008/01/17/SkypeCrosszoneScriptingVulnerability.aspx
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-01/0363.html (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/27338 (vdb-entry)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/248184 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.gnucitizen.org/blog/vulnerabilities-in-skype
- skype.com/security/skype-sb-2008-001-update1.html