CVE-2003-0434

N/A Unknown

Published: July 24, 2003 Modified: April 16, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-June/005719.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105777963019186&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/9037

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/9038

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/200132

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:071

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-196.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-197.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A664

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-June/005719.html