Adobe Macromedia Shockwave Player ActiveX SwDir.dll denial of service
| macromedia-swdir-dos (31160) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Macromedia Shockwave Player is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a vulnerability in the SwDir.dll ActiveX control. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the victim's browser to crash, if the attacker could persuade the victim to visit a malicious Web page that passes specially-crafted arguments to the ShockW.swURL() method.
Platforms Affected:
- Macromedia, Shockwave 10
Remedy:
No remedy available as of June 27, 2009.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- Adobe Web site, Adobe Shockwave Player at http://www.adobe.com/products/shockwaveplayer/.
- BID-22067: Macromedia Shockwave 10 SWDIR.DLL ActiveX Control Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
- BID-22842: Macromedia Shockwave 10 SWDIR.DLL Multiple ActiveX Control Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
- 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.
Reported:
Dec 29, 2006
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