CVE-2006-5084

Exp

Format string vulnerability in the NSRunAlertPanel function in eBay Skype for Mac 1.5.*.79 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed Skype URL, as originally reported to involve a null dereference.

Published: 2006-09-29 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5084 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 15.50%, 96th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-5084

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
28710 exploit_db edb 2006-09-26 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5084

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 30.75% 15.50% -15.25%
2 2026-04-23 27.94% 30.75% +2.81%
3 2025-05-18 — 27.94% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5084

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5084

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5084

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5084: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5084

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5084

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
skype_technologies skype <= 1.5.0.79 cpe:2.3:a:skype_technologies:skype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5084

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