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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
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Updated: 2024-08-08T00:24:26.943Z
Reserved: 2004-07-07T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2004-0630

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2004-08-18T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2004-0630


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