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CVE-1999-1525

Macromedia Shockwave before 6.0 allows a malicious webmaster to read a user's mail box and...

5.1 Medium

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.

Exploit likelihood

1.15%Up 0.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.1

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.

Record
CVE-1999-1525
CVSS 2.0
5.1 MediumAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-1999-1525
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-1999-1506 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-1999-1506
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v843-2r4c-4q2v No score

Macromedia Shockwave before 6.0 allows a malicious webmaster to read a user's mail box and...

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.

Record
GHSA-v843-2r4c-4q2v
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-1999-1525 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) in Macromedia Shockwave Flash Plugin, published March 14, 1997. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.15%, the 67th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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