CVE-2006-6885

Exp

An ActiveX control in SwDir.dll in Macromedia Shockwave 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) via a long string in the swURL attribute.

Published: 2006-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6885 is rated Exploit Available (59.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.23%, 94th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-6885

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
3042 exploit_db edb 2006-12-29 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6885

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 25.13% 7.23% -17.90%
2 2026-05-18 21.59% 25.13% +3.54%
3 2025-09-22 — 21.59% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6885

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6885

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6885

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6885: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6885

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6885

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
macromedia shockwave 10 cpe:2.3:a:macromedia:shockwave:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6885

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