CVE-2004-0630

critical

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16973

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10931

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-432.html

http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=124&type=vulnerabilities

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/322914.html

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-14.xml

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-08-18

Updated: 2017-07-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical