Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-6885

Title: Macromedia Shockwave Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2006-6885

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 31, 2006

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

7.23%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-6885: 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.

Impacted Vendors

macromedia 1

adobe 1

Reference Links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22067 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31160 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3042 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22067 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31160 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3042

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-6885 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3042

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 23, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 31, 2006 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.