CVE-1999-1525 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Macromedia Shockwave before 6.0 allows a malicious webmaster to read a user's mail box and possibly access internal web servers via the GetNextText command on a Shockwave movie.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 5.1 Medium

EPSS: 1.2% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:macromedia:shockwave_flash_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1506	Macromedia Shockwave before 6.0 allows a malicious webmaster to read a user's mail box and possibly access internal web servers via the GetNextText command on a Shockwave movie.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01151.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420670&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1585
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1586
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/460

History

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Subscriptions

Macromedia Shockwave Flash Plugin

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:18:07.571Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1525

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1997-03-14T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1525

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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