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CVE-2004-0630

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 8.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2004-08-18 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Adobe Acrobat Reader: 5.0, 5.0.5, 5.0.6

References

• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-14.xml
• http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/322914.html
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=124&type=vulnerabilities
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-432.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10931
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16973
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-14.xml
• http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/322914.html
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=124&type=vulnerabilities
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-432.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10931
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16973

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