{"vuid":"VU#202604","idnumber":"202604","name":"Skype for Mac contains a format string error in the handling of URI arguments","keywords":["Skype","Mac","format string","URI arguments","SKYPE-SB/2006-002"],"overview":"Skype for Mac contains a format string vulnerability in the handling of URIs, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.","clean_desc":"Skype software provides telephone service over IP networks. There is a format string vulnerability in the NSRunAlertPanel function in the routines that handle Skype-specific URIs, such as skype://.","impact":"By sending a specially crafted URI to Skype, a remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. Such a URI can be sent to Skype by convincing a user to view a specially crafted HTML document (e.g., a web page or an HTML email message or attachment). The attacker could also cause Skype to crash.","resolution":"Apply an update\nThis vulnerability is addressed in Skype for Mac release 1.5.*.80 or later.","workarounds":"","sysaffected":"","thanks":"This vulnerability was reported by Tom Ferris of Security-Protocols.","author":"This document was written by Will Dormann.","public":["http://www.skype.com/security/skype-sb-2006-002.html","http://www.security-protocols.com/sp-x34-advisory.php","http://secunia.com/advisories/22185/"],"cveids":["CVE-2006-5084"],"certadvisory":"","uscerttechnicalalert":null,"datecreated":"2006-10-05T19:18:29Z","publicdate":"2006-10-03T00:00:00Z","datefirstpublished":"2006-10-06T20:25:23Z","dateupdated":"2006-10-06T20:25:44Z","revision":2,"vrda_d1_directreport":"0","vrda_d1_population":"2","vrda_d1_impact":"2","cam_widelyknown":"18","cam_exploitation":"0","cam_internetinfrastructure":"3","cam_population":"6","cam_impact":"15","cam_easeofexploitation":"13","cam_attackeraccessrequired":"18","cam_scorecurrent":"8.292375","cam_scorecurrentwidelyknown":"9.082125","cam_scorecurrentwidelyknownexploited":"16.979625","ipprotocol":"","cvss_accessvector":"","cvss_accesscomplexity":"","cvss_authentication":null,"cvss_confidentialityimpact":"","cvss_integrityimpact":"","cvss_availabilityimpact":"","cvss_exploitablity":null,"cvss_remediationlevel":"","cvss_reportconfidence":"","cvss_collateraldamagepotential":"","cvss_targetdistribution":"","cvss_securityrequirementscr":"","cvss_securityrequirementsir":"","cvss_securityrequirementsar":"","cvss_basescore":"","cvss_basevector":"","cvss_temporalscore":"","cvss_environmentalscore":"","cvss_environmentalvector":"","metric":8.292375,"vulnote":null}