VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2004-0630

CVSS score10 HIGH
EPSS probability8.22%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2004-08-18
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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