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CVE-2008-5697

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5697 describes a vulnerability in the skype_tool.copy_num method of the Skype extension BETA 2.2.0.95 for Firefox, allowing remote attackers to write arbitrary data to a user's clipboard. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) has a network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure through clipboard manipulation. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking Metasploit or Nuclei modules, a proof-of-concept exploit is available on ExploitDB, though there is no significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.2.0.95CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:skype:skype_extension_for_firefox:2.2.0.95:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-6690 · Oct 7, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0217 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

securityreason.com / securityalert/4797
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/45739
exploit-db.com / exploits/6690
securityfocus.com / bid/31613