CVE-2004-1778

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Skype versions 0.92.0.12 through 1.0.0.1

Description The issue allows local users to modify language files due to world-writable permissions in the /usr/share/skype/lang directory. This could potentially be used for social engineering or other attacks.

Recommendations For versions 0.92.0.12 through 1.0.0.1, consider changing the permissions of the /usr/share/skype/lang directory to prevent world-writable access. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.