CVE-2017-6517
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Mar 23, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 7, 2017
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.
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- 20170316 Skype Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability (api-ms-win-core-winrt-string-l1-1-0.dll)mailing-list
- https://twitter.com/tiger_tigerboy/status/755332687141883904
- https://twitter.com/vysecurity/status/845013670103003138
- 96969vdb-entry
- 1038209vdb-entry
- https://technet.microsoft.com/security/cc308575.aspx
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141650/Skype-7.16.0.102-DLL-Hijacking.html
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