CVE-2004-1778 describes a vulnerability in Skype 0.92.0.12 and 1.0.0.1 for Linux, where the /usr/share/skype/lang directory is created with world-writable permissions. This allows local users to modify language files, potentially leading to social engineering or other attacks. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with potential for partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.92.0.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:skype:skype:0.92.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:skype:skype:1.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.