CVE-2003-0434 (GCVE-0-2003-0434)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2003-06-18 04:00
Modified
2024-08-08 01:50
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.org http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-June/005719.html
cve@mitre.org http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105777963019186&w=2
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/9037
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/9038
cve@mitre.org http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/200132 US Government Resource
cve@mitre.org http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:071
cve@mitre.org http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-196.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-197.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A664
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-June/005719.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105777963019186&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/9037
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/9038
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/200132 US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:071
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-196.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-197.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A664
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