Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 18, 2004· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2004-0630
CVE-2004-0630
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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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: <=5.0.6, <=5.0.9 (affected, exact range ambiguous)
Patches
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References
6- www.securityfocus.com/bid/10931nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-14.xmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/322914.htmlnvd
- www.idefense.com/application/poi/displaynvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-432.htmlnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16973nvd
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