CVE-2018-0594
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Skype for Windows allows an attacker to gain privileges...
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Skype for Windows allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Skype for Windows allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
- Record
CVE-2018-0594- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-426
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Skype for Windows allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
- Record
CVE-2018-0594- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-1404 No score
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Skype for Windows allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
- Record
EUVD-2018-1404- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p7v9-34px-2j7f
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Skype for Windows allows an attacker to gain privileges...
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Skype for Windows allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
- Record
GHSA-p7v9-34px-2j7f- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-426
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-0594 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Skype, published June 26, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.43%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.