CVE-2006-2312

Argument injection vulnerability in the URI handler in Skype 2.0.*.104 and 2.5.*.0 through 2.5.*.78 for Windows allows remote authorized attackers to download arbitrary files via a URL that contains certain command-line switches.

Published: 2006-05-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-2312 is rated Moderate Risk (41.4/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.07%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2312

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 4.38% 4.07% -0.31%
2 2025-06-12 4.47% 4.38% -0.09%
3 2025-03-30 — 4.47% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2312

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-2312

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-2312

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-2312: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-2312

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-2312

Solution: Update to the fixed versions.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2312

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
skype skype < 2.0.0.105 cpe:2.3:a:skype:skype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
skype skype >= 2.5.0.0, < 2.5.0.79 cpe:2.3:a:skype:skype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2312

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