CVE-2017-6517

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    CVE-2017-6517

    Published: 23 Mar 2017Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Microsoft Skype 7.16.0.102 contains a vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the targeted system. This vulnerability exists due to the way .dll files are loaded by Skype. It allows an attacker to load a .dll of the attacker's choosing that could execute arbitrary code without the user's knowledge.The specific flaw exists within the handling of DLL (api-ms-win-core-winrt-string-l1-1-0.dll) loading by the Skype.exe process.

    References: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038209, https://technet.microsoft.com/security/cc308575.aspx, https://twitter.com/tiger_tigerboy/status/755332687141883904, https://twitter.com/vysecurity/status/845013670103003138, , http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/44, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96969, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141650/Skype-7.16.0.102-DLL-Hijacking.html

    Affected packages

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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