CVE-2017-6517

CWE-4273 documents3 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICAL
EPSS
19.7%
top 4.56%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 23
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Microsoft Skype 7.16.0.102 contains a vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the targeted system. This vulnerability exists due to the way .dll files are loaded by Skype. It allows an attacker to load a .dll of the attacker's choosing that could execute arbitrary code without the user's knowledge.The specific flaw exists within the handling of DLL (api-ms-win-core-winrt-string-l1-1-0.dll) loading by the Skype.exe process.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

NVDmicrosoft/skype7.16.0.102

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-jwp2-53m7-g9fp: Microsoft Skype 72022-05-13
CVEList
CVE-2017-6517: Microsoft Skype 72017-03-23
CVE-2017-6517 (CRITICAL CVSS 9.8) | Microsoft Skype 7.16.0.102 contains | cvebase.io