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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0434

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.

Products
xpdf
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2.02pl1-1
CVEs
CVE-2003-0434
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 20:13 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0434

core-osv · Original source

Published 24 Jul 2003, 04:00 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0434

xpdf

Fixed versions: 2.02pl1-1

xpdf

Fixed versions: 2.02pl1-1

xpdf

Fixed versions: 2.02pl1-1

Complete source record
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  "id": "2f20f31739aee443cb5f38dc7edcefa037681a198fbe04b133d2417e837336d6",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0434",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0434",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0434",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "xpdf",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.02pl1-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "xpdf",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.02pl1-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "xpdf",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.02pl1-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0434",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0434"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "2.02pl1-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "xpdf",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/xpdf?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0434.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
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                },
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                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "xpdf",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/xpdf?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0434.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "2.02pl1-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "xpdf",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/xpdf?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0434.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:24.622180704Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2003-0434"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0434"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2003-0434",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 410450,
  "published_at": "2003-07-24T04:00:00+00:00"
}