World-writable permissions in Skype language directory allows for unauthorized modification and potential social engineering attacks
CVE-2004-1778 · MEDIUM Severity
AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Skype 0.92.0.12 and 1.0.0.1 for Linux, and possibly other versions, creates the /usr/share/skype/lang directory with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to modify language files and possibly conduct social engineering or other attacks.
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