CVE-2006-2312: Skype

Low severity, CVSS 2.6. EPSS: 4.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

  • Skype Skype: before 2.0.0.105 (fixed in 2.0.0.105); from 2.5.0.0, before 2.5.0.79 (fixed in 2.5.0.79)

Published 2006-05-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.