Our "flunked" Skype?

The longest timeout interruption in Skype is most likely caused by the “research” of Russian burglars. According to the data that has not been verified yet (there are different things on blogs), the break in service that Skype has undergone was caused by an exploit sent to one of the servers serving the program.

For those who understand, I cite the exploit code found on the Web. Here he is:

#! / usr / bin / perl
# Simle Code by Maranax Porex; D
# Ya Skaypeg !!!

for ($ i = 256; $ i> xCCCCC; $ i = $ i + 256)
{
$ eot = 'AAAA' x $ i;
call_sp ();
}
exit;
')
sub call_sp ()
{
$ str = "\" C: \\ Program Files \\ Skype \\ Phone \\ Skype.exe \ "\" / uri: $ eot \ "";
system ("$ str");
}

In general, our craftsmen found the opportunity to send a long line to the server and overflow its buffer. What ultimately led to his "fall". It is noteworthy that the place of the failed server is occupied by another one from the P2P network. But on it, of course, there is a similar error. The process is repeated until complete shutdown. Spamming Skype. And tightly.

via Xakep.ru