CVE-2008-1805
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in Skype 3.6.0.248, and other versions before 3.8.0.139,...
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in Skype 3.6.0.248, and other versions before 3.8.0.139, allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass warning dialogs and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file: URI that ends in an executable extension that is not covered by the blacklist.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in Skype 3.6.0.248, and other versions before 3.8.0.139, allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass warning dialogs and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file: URI that ends in an executable extension that is not covered by the blacklist.
- Record
CVE-2008-1805- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in Skype 3.6.0.248, and other versions before 3.8.0.139, allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass warning dialogs and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file: URI that ends in an executable extension that is not covered by the blacklist.
- Record
CVE-2008-1805- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-1805 No score
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in Skype 3.6.0.248, and other versions before 3.8.0.139, allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass warning dialogs and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file: URI that ends in an executable extension that is not covered by the blacklist.
- Record
EUVD-2008-1805- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3v37-99mq-jmgr No score
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in Skype 3.6.0.248, and other versions before 3.8.0.139,...
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in Skype 3.6.0.248, and other versions before 3.8.0.139, allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass warning dialogs and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file: URI that ends in an executable extension that is not covered by the blacklist.
- Record
GHSA-3v37-99mq-jmgr- Weakness
- CWE-20
- 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-2008-1805 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Skype Technologies Skype, published June 6, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.90%, the 90th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securitytracker.com/id?1020201
secunia.com/advisories/30547
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1749/references
securityfocus.com/bid/29553
labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=711
skype.com/security/skype-sb-2008-003.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1805
github.com/advisories/GHSA-3v37-99mq-jmgr