CVEvulnerability
CVE-2003-0434
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2003-07-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
Various PDF viewers including (1) Adobe Acrobat 5.06 and (2) Xpdf 1.01 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an embedded hyperlink.
Affected configurations
• adobe acrobat 5.0.6
• xpdf xpdf 1.1
• mandrakesoft mandrake linux 9.0
• mandrakesoft mandrake linux 9.1
• mandrakesoft mandrake linux corporate server 2.1
• redhat enterprise linux 2.1
• redhat linux 7.1
• redhat linux 7.2
• redhat linux 7.3
• redhat linux 8.0
• redhat linux 9.0
• redhat linux advanced workstation 2.1
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-June/005719.html lists.grok.org.uk
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105777963019186&w=2 marc.info
- http://secunia.com/advisories/9037 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/9038 secunia.com
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/200132 US Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:071 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-196.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-197.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A664 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-June/005719.html lists.grok.org.uk
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105777963019186&w=2 marc.info
- http://secunia.com/advisories/9037 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/9038 secunia.com
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/200132 US Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:071 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-196.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-197.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A664 oval.cisecurity.org