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CVE-2011-1717

Skype for Android stores sensitive user data without encryption in sqlite3 databases that have weak permissions, which allows local applications to read user IDs, contacts, phone numbers, date of birth, instant message logs, and other private information.

Published

2011-04-18T18:55:02.907

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	skype	skype_for_android	*	Yes

References

http://blogs.skype.com/security/2011/04/privacy_vulnerability_in_skype.html ([email protected])
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/04/14/exclusive-vulnerability-in-skype-for-android-is-exposing-your-name-phone-number-chat-logs-and-a-lot-more/ Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025387 ([email protected])
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/15/skype_for_android_vulnerable/ ([email protected])
http://blogs.skype.com/security/2011/04/privacy_vulnerability_in_skype.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/04/14/exclusive-vulnerability-in-skype-for-android-is-exposing-your-name-phone-number-chat-logs-and-a-lot-more/ Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025387 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/15/skype_for_android_vulnerable/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)