| Name | CVE-2003-0434 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| xpdf (PTS) | buster | 3.04-13 | fixed |
| bullseye | 3.04+git20210103-3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.04+git20220601-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.04+git20240202-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| gpdf | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
| kdegraphics | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
| xpdf | source | (unstable) | 2.02pl1-1 | | | |
Notes
- kdegraphics <not-affected> (kdf does not seem to support hyperlinks; so not vulnerable)
- gpdf <not-affected> (gpdf 2.8.0 does not seem to be vulnerable)