CVEvulnerability

CVE-2004-0630

10.0 HIGH Published 2004-08-18 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2004-08-18
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

The uudecoding feature in Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.5 and 5.0.6 for Unix and Linux, and possibly other versions including those before 5.0.9, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters ("`" or backtick) in the filename of the PDF file that is provided to the uudecode command.

Affected configurations

• adobe acrobat reader 5.0 • adobe acrobat reader 5.0.5 • adobe acrobat reader 5.0.6

References