CVE-2011-1717
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
2.1
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| skype | skype_for_android | | |
References
- http://blogs.skype.com/security/2011/04/privacy_vulnerability_in_skype.html
- 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/
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025387
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/15/skype_for_android_vulnerable/
- http://blogs.skype.com/security/2011/04/privacy_vulnerability_in_skype.html
- 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/
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025387
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/15/skype_for_android_vulnerable/
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.