CVE-2012-6270

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-12-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Adobe Shockwave Player through 11.6.8.638 allows remote attackers to trigger installation of a Shockwave Player 10.4.0.025 compatibility feature via a crafted HTML document that references Shockwave content with a certain compatibility parameter, related to a "downgrading" attack.

Affected products

Adobe Shockwave Player: through 11.6.8.638; 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 (+44)

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/323161
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/546769
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/323161
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/546769

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