7.5

CVE-2003-0434: adobe acrobat

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2003-0434
Published 18-06-2003Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-0434 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in adobe acrobat. EPSS estimates a 40.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
48/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
40.94%
0%100%
High · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 18-06-2003
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

40.94%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

99%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 40.94% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
40.94%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • exploit-databaseremotelinuxVerified

    Adobe Acrobat Reader (UNIX) 5.0 6 / Xpdf 0.9x Hyperlinks - Arbitrary Command Execution

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Redhat3 products
Mandrakesoft2 products
Adobe1 product
Debian1 product
  • xpdf< 2.02pl1-1
Xpdf1 product

5 vendors · 8 products

References

10 links