CVE-2008-2545

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2545 describes a vulnerability in Skype versions prior to 3.8.0.139 where a case-sensitive comparison for dangerous file extensions could be bypassed. This allowed user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a file: URI with a maliciously cased extension, affecting Skype Technologies Skype. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is critical, requiring medium attack complexity but no authentication, and potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.8.0.115CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:skype_technologies:skype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0.106CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:skype_technologies:skype:3.0.0.106:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0.123CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:skype_technologies:skype:3.0.0.123:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0.137CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:skype_technologies:skype:3.0.0.137:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0.154CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:skype_technologies:skype:3.0.0.154:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0423 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.