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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-6270

Original release date:12/20/2012
Last revised:01/29/2013
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:9.3 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#546769
Name: VU#546769

Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:11.6.1.629
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:11.6.3.633
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:11.6.0.626
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:11.6.6.636
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:11.5.6.606
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:11.5.2.602
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:11.5.1.601
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:11.5.9.615
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:11.6.5.635
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:11.5.7.609
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:11.0.3.471
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:11.0.0.456
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:11.6.4.634
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:11.5.8.612
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:11.5.0.595
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:11.5.0.596
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:11.5.9.620
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:11.5.10.620
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:10.1.0.11
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:10.2.0.023
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:10.2.0.022
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:10.2.0.021
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:10.1.4.020
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:10.1.1.016
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:10.1.0.011
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:10.0.1.004
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:10.0.0.210
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:9.0.383
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:9.0.432
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:8.5.321
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:8.5.324
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:8.0.204
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:8.0.205
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:8.5.1.100
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:8.5.323
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:8.5.325
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:8.0.196
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:8.0.196a
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:8.5.1
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:8.5.1.106
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:8.0
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:8.5.1.105
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:8.5.1.103
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:6.0
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:5.0
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:4.0
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:3.0
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:2.0
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:1.0
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:11.6.7.637
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player:11.6.8.638 and previous versions
* Denotes Vulnerable Software

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