National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2003-0434
Original release date:07/24/2003
Last revised:09/10/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#200132
Name: VU#200132
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2003:197
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2003:196
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 9038
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 9037
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20030709 xpdf vulnerability - CAN-2003-0434
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20030709 xpdf vulnerability - CAN-2003-0434
External Source: FULLDISC
Name: 20030613 -10Day CERT Advisory on PDF Files
External Source: MANDRAKE
Name: MDKSA-2003:071
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:664
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:664
Type: Tool Signature
