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CVE-1999-1525

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1997-03-14 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Macromedia Shockwave Flash Plugin: through 6.0

References

• 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
• 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

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