CVEvulnerability
CVE-2004-1778
4.6 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2004-12-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-276
Description
Skype 0.92.0.12 and 1.0.0.1 for Linux, and possibly other versions, creates the /usr/share/skype/lang directory with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to modify language files and possibly conduct social engineering or other attacks.
Affected configurations
• skype skype 0.92.0.12
• skype skype 1.0.0.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions weakness
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110374568916303&w=2 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110868557905786&w=2 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12081 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18644 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110374568916303&w=2 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110868557905786&w=2 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12081 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18644 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry