CVE-2004-1778 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2005-05-03

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:skype:skype:0.92.0.12:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:skype:skype:1.0.0.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-1772	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0006.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110374568916303&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110868557905786&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12081
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18644

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Skype Skype

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-05-03T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:00:37.329Z

Reserved: 2005-05-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-1778

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-22T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-1778

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-276

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