CVE-1999-1525

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.

Published: 1997-03-14 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-1525 is rated Moderate Risk (43.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.16%). EPSS rose +1.03% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-1525

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.13% 1.16% +1.03%
2 2025-03-17 0.28% 0.13% -0.15%
3 2023-08-13 — 0.28% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-1525

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-1525

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-1525

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
macromedia shockwave_flash_plugin <= 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:macromedia:shockwave_flash_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-1525

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