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CVE-2012-6270

Adobe Shockwave Player through 11.6.8.638 allows remote attackers to trigger installation of a Shockwave Player 10.4.0.0

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.

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 0.03317
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

2
adobe shockwave player<= 11.6.8.638
adobe shockwave playerall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

9.3
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cret@cert.org
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD20 Dec 2012 · 12:02 PM
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/323161
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/546769US Government Resource
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