CVE-1999-1525

Status: ModifiedMedium (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.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base score: 5.1

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.15%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 66
Score date: 10/6/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Macromedia — Shockwave Flash Plugin

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T21:50:37.650",
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