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    CVE-2003-0434

    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.

    Published:Jun 13, 2003
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Jun 18, 2003
    EPSS Score:0.29867
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Adobe
    Product
    Acrobat
    Vendor
    Mandrakesoft
    Product
    Mandrake Linux
    Vendor
    Mandrakesoft
    Product
    Mandrake Linux Corporate Server
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Linux Advanced Workstation
    Vendor
    Xpdf
    Product
    Xpdf

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22771

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2026-81984 (CVSS 5.5) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory…
    CVE-2026-81989 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in …
    CVE-2026-81991 (CVSS 5.5) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive m…
    CVE-2026-81980 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code executi…
    CVE-2026-81990 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in …
    CVE-2026-81987 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability that could result in arbitrary c…
    CVE-2026-79910 (CVSS 5.5) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive m…
    CVE-2026-81993 (CVSS 5.5) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sens…
    CVE-2026-79907 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Double Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the…
    CVE-2026-79909 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in …

    References

    http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-June/005719.html
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105777963019186&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/9037
    http://secunia.com/advisories/9038
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/200132
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:071
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-196.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-197.html
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A664
    http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-June/005719.html
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105777963019186&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/9037
    http://secunia.com/advisories/9038
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/200132
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:071
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-196.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-197.html
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A664

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High