CVE-2010-2866

Adobe Shockwave Player <11.5.8.612 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2010-2866. PoCs published by Abysssec.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit generates a malicious .DIR file and an HTML file to trigger a memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Director via a crafted tSAC chunk. The PoC writes a corrupted .DIR file and an HTML file to exploit CVE-2010-2866.

Description

Integer signedness error in the DIRAPI module in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.8.612 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a count value associated with an "undocumented structure" and the tSAC chunk in a Director movie.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Abysssec · pythondoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15076

This exploit generates a malicious .DIR file and an HTML file to trigger a memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Director via a crafted tSAC chunk. The PoC writes a corrupted .DIR file and an HTML file to exploit CVE-2010-2866.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Adobe Shockwave Director dirapi.dll 11.5.7
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must open the malicious HTML file in a browser with Adobe Shockwave Director installed
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-10-13
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024361
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-20.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11932
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/513301/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2176

Scores

EPSS 0.1301
EPSS Percentile 95.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-189
Status published
Products (40)
adobe/shockwave_player 1.0
adobe/shockwave_player 2.0
adobe/shockwave_player 3.0
adobe/shockwave_player 4.0
adobe/shockwave_player 5.0
adobe/shockwave_player 6.0
adobe/shockwave_player 8.0
adobe/shockwave_player 8.0.196
adobe/shockwave_player 8.0.196a
adobe/shockwave_player 8.0.204
... and 30 more
Published Aug 26, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026