CVE-2012-6271

medium

Description

Adobe Shockwave Player through 11.6.8.638 allows remote attackers to trigger installation of arbitrary signed Xtras via a Shockwave movie that contains an Xtra URL, as demonstrated by a URL for an outdated Xtra.

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/519137

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-12-20

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00749

Detections

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