Medium severity · published Jan 8, 2019
CVE-2019-0622
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Skype for Andriod fails to properly handle specific authentication requests, aka "Skype for Android Elevation of Privilege…
4.6
CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Skype for Andriod fails to properly handle specific authentication requests, aka "Skype for Android Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Skype 8.35.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SK
Skype · Microsoft
8.35 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0622
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-0622
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106465
Vendor Advisory
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0622
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