There are four of the problems that could allow the attacker for executing the malicious code on the computer, whereas the fifth one can lead to the denial of service condition as said by Adobe in its advisory.

The Shockwave Player is actually used for displaying the content that are created by the Adobe's Director program, and it offers the advanced tools for the creation of interactive content, which includes Flash also. The Director application could be used for the creation of 3D models, the high-quality images as well as the full-screen or the long form digital content and can offer some greater controls over how these elements can be displayed. Adobe has also issued an update for its Shockwave Player during the month of July.

The vulnerabilities in the third party applications have often been targeted by the hackers. These vulnerabilities in the operating systems like Windows have now become somewhat less prevalent, so the hackers have now turned for finding such problems in applications that help them to take control over the computers.