CVE-2008-1805: Skype Technologies Skype

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 3.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in Skype 3.6.0.248, and other versions before 3.8.0.139, allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass warning dialogs and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file: URI that ends in an executable extension that is not covered by the blacklist.

Affected products

• Skype Technologies Skype: up to and including 3.8.0.115; version 3.0.0.106 only; version 3.0.0.123 only; version 3.0.0.137 only; version 3.0.0.154 only; version 3.0.0.190 only; …

Published 2008-06-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.