CVE-2018-0594 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability in Skype for Windows, allowing an attacker to achieve privilege escalation by injecting a malicious DLL. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to exploit, but could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). Despite its potential impact, there is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:skype:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.