CVE-2003-0434

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-0434
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-07-24 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionVarious 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Adobe Acrobat 5.0.6 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 9.1 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 2.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All advanced_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All workstation All
Operating System Redhat Linux 7.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 7.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 All itanium All
Application Xpdf Xpdf 1.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[Full-Disclosure] -10Day CERT Advisory on PDF Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Secunia - Advisories - Xpdf Command Execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#200132 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
'xpdf vulnerability - CAN-2003-0434' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Secunia - Advisories - Adobe Acrobat Reader Command Execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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