CVE-2012-6270: Adobe Shockwave Player

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Adobe Shockwave Player through 11.6.8.638 allows remote attackers to trigger installation of a Shockwave Player 10.4.0.025 compatibility feature via a crafted HTML document that references Shockwave content with a certain compatibility parameter, related to a "downgrading" attack.

Affected products

• Adobe Shockwave Player: up to and including 11.6.8.638; version 1.0 only; version 2.0 only; version 3.0 only; version 4.0 only; version 5.0 only; …

Published 2012-12-20. Last modified 2026-06-16.