Vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader
CVE-2004-0630
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.082 (94.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.082 · newest: 0.082 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Adobe Acrobat Reader — versions 5.0, 5.0.5, 5.0.6
References
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-432.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/322914.html
- www.idefense.com/application/poi/display (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/10931 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-14.xml (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16973 (vdb-entry)