CVE-2010-3136: Skype

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 6.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Skype 4.2.0.169 and earlier allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse wab32.dll that is located in the same folder as a .skype file.

Affected products

• Skype Skype: up to and including 4.2.0.169; version 0.90.0.5 only; version 0.90.0.10 only; version 0.91.0.2 only; version 0.92.0.4 only; version 0.93.0.18 only; …

Published 2010-08-26. Last modified 2026-06-16.