CVE-1999-1526 describes a vulnerability in Macromedia Shockwave 7 where its auto-update feature transmitted user passwords and hard disk information back to Macromedia without proper security. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) has a low attack complexity and could lead to information disclosure (C:P), but not integrity or availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this legacy CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:macromedia:shockwave_flash_plugin:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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