CVE-2004-0630 Information

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.

Reference

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