CVE-2017-6517

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
19.7%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 5% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: March 23, 2017 (3339 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

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.

CWE

CWE-427

Affected Products

microsoft skype

References

🔗 packetstormsecurity.com 🔗 seclists.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 technet.microsoft.com