CVE-2004-0630

CriticalCVSS 10.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 10.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

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References

Timeline

Published: Aug 18, 2004
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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