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CVE-2018-0595

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-06-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-426

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Skype for Windows allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Affected products

• Microsoft Skype: all versions
• Microsoft Skype: all versions

References

• http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN91151862/index.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104563
• https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/srd/2018/04/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerability/
• http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN91151862/index.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104563
• https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/srd/2018/04/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerability/

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