{"id": "VU:200132", "bulletinFamily": "info", "title": "Various UNIX and Linux PDF readers/viewers execute commands embedded within hyperlinks", "description": "### Overview\n\nA vulnerability in various UNIX and Linux PDF viewers/readers may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on your system.\n\n### Description\n\nAdobe Systems Incorporated [_describes_](<http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html>) PDF (Portable Document Format) as \"a universal file format that preserves the fonts, images, graphics, and layout of any source document, regardless of the application and platform used to create it.\" A viewer such as [_Adobe Reader_](<http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html>) or [_Xpdf_](<http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/about.html>) is needed to view a document encoded in PDF[](<http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/about.html>). Various PDF viewers are widely deployed on the Internet. Quoting from the Adobe Systems Incorporated [_web site_](<http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html>): \n\nGovernments and enterprises around the world have adopted PDF to streamline document management, increase productivity, and reduce reliance on paper....An open file format specification, PDF is available to anyone who wants to develop tools to create, view, or manipulate PDF documents. Indeed, more than 1,800 vendors offer PDF-based solutions, ensuring that organizations that adopt the PDF standard have a variety of tools to leverage the Portable Document Format and to customize document processes. \n \nWhen a victim clicks on a hyperlink contained within a malicious PDF file, an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the victim. This is possible because some UNIX and Linux PDF readers/viewers spawn external programs to handle hyperlinks by invoking the shell command interpreter. \n \n--- \n \n### Impact\n\nA remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the victim. \n \n--- \n \n### Solution\n\nApply a patch when available. \n \n--- \n \n### Systems Affected \n\nVendor| Status| Date Notified| Date Updated \n---|---|---|--- \nAdobe Systems Incorporated| | 08 May 2003| 18 Jun 2003 \nConectiva| | 15 May 2003| 22 Sep 2003 \nDebian| | 15 May 2003| 19 May 2003 \nMandrakeSoft| | 15 May 2003| 14 Jul 2003 \nRed Hat Inc.| | 15 May 2003| 19 Jun 2003 \nSun Microsystems Inc.| | 15 May 2003| 17 Jun 2003 \nXpdf| | 20 May 2003| 17 Jun 2003 \nApple Computer Inc.| | -| 18 Jun 2003 \nFujitsu| | 15 May 2003| 08 Aug 2003 \nHitachi| | 15 May 2003| 18 Jun 2003 \nIngrian Networks| | 15 May 2003| 23 May 2003 \nMicrosoft Corporation| | 15 May 2003| 19 May 2003 \nNEC Corporation| | 15 May 2003| 16 Jun 2003 \nNortel Networks| | 15 May 2003| 14 Jul 2003 \nXerox Corporation| | 15 May 2003| 14 Jul 2003 \nIf you are a vendor and your product is affected, [let us know](<mailto:cert@cert.org?Subject=VU%23200132 Vendor Status Inquiry>). \n \n\n\n### CVSS Metrics \n\nGroup | Score | Vector \n---|---|--- \nBase | N/A | N/A \nTemporal | N/A | N/A \nEnvironmental | N/A | N/A \n \n### References\n\n * <http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html>\n * <http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html>\n * <http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/about.html>\n * <http://www.secunia.com/advisories/9037/>\n * <http://www.secunia.com/advisories/9038/>\n\n### Credit\n\nThis vulnerability was discovered by Martyn Gilmore. The CERT/CC thanks Martyn, Adobe, and the folks responsible for the Xpdf project.\n\nThis document was written by Ian A Finlay.\n\n### Other Information\n\n * CVE IDs: [CAN-2003-0434](<http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CAN-2003-0434>)\n * Date Public: 13 Jun 2003\n * Date First Published: 18 Jun 2003\n * Date Last Updated: 26 Sep 2003\n * Severity Metric: 37.97\n * Document Revision: 26\n\n", "published": "2003-06-18T00:00:00", "modified": "2003-09-26T00:00:00", "cvss": {"score": 7.5, "vector": "AV:NETWORK/AC:LOW/Au:NONE/C:PARTIAL/I:PARTIAL/A:PARTIAL/"}, "href": "https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/200132", "reporter": "CERT", "references": ["http://www.secunia.com/advisories/9037/", "http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CAN-2003-0434", "http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/about.html", "http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/about.html", "http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/about.html", "http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html", "http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html", "http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html", "http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html", "http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html", "http://www.secunia.com/advisories/9038/"], "cvelist": ["CVE-2003-0434", "CVE-2003-0434"], "type": "cert", "lastseen": "2018-08-31T02:36:50", "history": [{"bulletin": {"bulletinFamily": "info", "cvelist": ["CVE-2003-0434", "CVE-2003-0434"], "cvss": {"score": 7.5, "vector": "AV:NETWORK/AC:LOW/Au:NONE/C:PARTIAL/I:PARTIAL/A:PARTIAL/"}, "description": "### Overview\n\nA vulnerability in various UNIX and Linux PDF viewers/readers may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on your system.\n\n### Description\n\nAdobe Systems Incorporated [_describes_](<http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html>) PDF (Portable Document Format) as \"a universal file format that preserves the fonts, images, graphics, and layout of any source document, regardless of the application and platform used to create it.\" A viewer such as [_Adobe Reader_](<http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html>) or [_Xpdf_](<http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/about.html>) is needed to view a document encoded in PDF[](<http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/about.html>). Various PDF viewers are widely deployed on the Internet. Quoting from the Adobe Systems Incorporated [_web site_](<http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html>): \n\nGovernments and enterprises around the world have adopted PDF to streamline document management, increase productivity, and reduce reliance on paper....An open file format specification, PDF is available to anyone who wants to develop tools to create, view, or manipulate PDF documents. Indeed, more than 1,800 vendors offer PDF-based solutions, ensuring that organizations that adopt the PDF standard have a variety of tools to leverage the Portable Document Format and to customize document processes. \n\n\nWhen a victim clicks on a hyperlink contained within a malicious PDF file, an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the victim. This is possible because some UNIX and Linux PDF readers/viewers spawn external programs to handle hyperlinks by invoking the shell command interpreter. \n \n--- \n \n### Impact\n\nA remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the victim. \n \n--- \n \n### Solution\n\nApply a patch when available. \n \n--- \n \n### Systems Affected \n\nVendor| Status| Date Notified| Date Updated \n---|---|---|--- \nAdobe Systems Incorporated| | 08 May 2003| 18 Jun 2003 \nConectiva| | 15 May 2003| 22 Sep 2003 \nDebian| | 15 May 2003| 19 May 2003 \nMandrakeSoft| | 15 May 2003| 14 Jul 2003 \nRed Hat Inc.| | 15 May 2003| 19 Jun 2003 \nSun Microsystems Inc.| | 15 May 2003| 17 Jun 2003 \nXpdf| | 20 May 2003| 17 Jun 2003 \nApple Computer Inc.| | -| 18 Jun 2003 \nFujitsu| | 15 May 2003| 08 Aug 2003 \nHitachi| | 15 May 2003| 18 Jun 2003 \nIngrian Networks| | 15 May 2003| 23 May 2003 \nMicrosoft Corporation| | 15 May 2003| 19 May 2003 \nNEC Corporation| | 15 May 2003| 16 Jun 2003 \nNortel Networks| | 15 May 2003| 14 Jul 2003 \nXerox Corporation| | 15 May 2003| 14 Jul 2003 \nIf you are a vendor and your product is affected, [let us know](<mailto:cert@cert.org?Subject=VU%23200132 Vendor Status Inquiry>). \n \n\n\n### CVSS Metrics \n\nGroup | Score | Vector \n---|---|--- \nBase | N/A | N/A \nTemporal | N/A | N/A \nEnvironmental | N/A | N/A \n \n### References\n\n * <http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html>\n * <http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html>\n * <http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/about.html>\n * <http://www.secunia.com/advisories/9037/>\n * <http://www.secunia.com/advisories/9038/>\n\n### Credit\n\nThis vulnerability was discovered by Martyn Gilmore. The CERT/CC thanks Martyn, Adobe, and the folks responsible for the Xpdf project.\n\nThis document was written by Ian A Finlay.\n\n### Other Information\n\n * CVE IDs: [CAN-2003-0434](<http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CAN-2003-0434>)\n * Date Public: 13 Jun 2003\n * Date First Published: 18 Jun 2003\n * Date Last Updated: 26 Sep 2003\n * Severity Metric: 37.97\n * Document Revision: 26\n\n", "edition": 1, "enchantments": {"score": {"value": 7.5, "vector": "NONE"}}, "hash": "56becfd3e3405acdfbfca6aad065beb55cfd8be88f8932f35a91014a54a817bf", "hashmap": [{"hash": "b6ba9fa6ea18201bf39ea635ecca9f13", "key": "type"}, {"hash": "e5d275b3ebd62646b78320753699e02e", "key": "cvss"}, {"hash": "caf9b6b99962bf5c2264824231d7a40c", "key": "bulletinFamily"}, {"hash": "8a404ac1777dacfd4a9b313a13df5ef7", "key": "published"}, {"hash": "a78e1122f799fc17fd054717f3508d0b", "key": "cvelist"}, {"hash": "308241858cb1d8c7a9a424485e00bfb5", "key": "modified"}, {"hash": "15295f0f51e7a9f29d520f3618613c8a", "key": "title"}, {"hash": "b418d8fe53b5e83bcfa8b471d8a35918", "key": "href"}, {"hash": "5d2cfab83ed6e86a4812690790dc7ad5", "key": "reporter"}, {"hash": "2c24b7027ac0157adc7ce671d5248bb7", "key": "references"}, {"hash": "818ad7476adf41a4f74076c425708e5d", "key": "description"}], "history": [], "href": "https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/200132", "id": "VU:200132", "lastseen": "2016-02-03T09:12:23", "modified": "2003-09-26T00:00:00", "objectVersion": "1.2", "published": "2003-06-18T00:00:00", "references": ["http://www.secunia.com/advisories/9037/", "http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CAN-2003-0434", "http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/about.html", "http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/about.html", "http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/about.html", "http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html", "http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html", "http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html", "http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html", "http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html", "http://www.secunia.com/advisories/9038/"], "reporter": "CERT", "title": "Various UNIX and Linux PDF readers/viewers execute commands embedded within hyperlinks", "type": "cert", "viewCount": 0}, "differentElements": ["description"], "edition": 1, "lastseen": "2016-02-03T09:12:23"}, {"bulletin": {"bulletinFamily": "info", "cvelist": ["CVE-2003-0434", "CVE-2003-0434"], "cvss": {"score": 0.0, "vector": "NONE"}, "description": "### Overview\n\nA vulnerability in various UNIX and Linux PDF viewers/readers may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on your system.\n\n### Description\n\nAdobe Systems Incorporated [_describes_](<http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html>) PDF (Portable Document Format) as \"a universal file format that preserves the fonts, images, graphics, and layout of any source document, regardless of the application and platform used to create it.\" A viewer such as [_Adobe Reader_](<http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html>) or [_Xpdf_](<http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/about.html>) is needed to view a document encoded in PDF[](<http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/about.html>). Various PDF viewers are widely deployed on the Internet. Quoting from the Adobe Systems Incorporated [_web site_](<http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html>): \n\nGovernments and enterprises around the world have adopted PDF to streamline document management, increase productivity, and reduce reliance on paper....An open file format specification, PDF is available to anyone who wants to develop tools to create, view, or manipulate PDF documents. Indeed, more than 1,800 vendors offer PDF-based solutions, ensuring that organizations that adopt the PDF standard have a variety of tools to leverage the Portable Document Format and to customize document processes. \n \nWhen a victim clicks on a hyperlink contained within a malicious PDF file, an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the victim. This is possible because some UNIX and Linux PDF readers/viewers spawn external programs to handle hyperlinks by invoking the shell command interpreter. \n \n--- \n \n### Impact\n\nA remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the victim. \n \n--- \n \n### Solution\n\nApply a patch when available. \n \n--- \n \n### Systems Affected \n\nVendor| Status| Date Notified| Date Updated \n---|---|---|--- \nAdobe Systems Incorporated| | 08 May 2003| 18 Jun 2003 \nConectiva| | 15 May 2003| 22 Sep 2003 \nDebian| | 15 May 2003| 19 May 2003 \nMandrakeSoft| | 15 May 2003| 14 Jul 2003 \nRed Hat Inc.| | 15 May 2003| 19 Jun 2003 \nSun Microsystems Inc.| | 15 May 2003| 17 Jun 2003 \nXpdf| | 20 May 2003| 17 Jun 2003 \nApple Computer Inc.| | -| 18 Jun 2003 \nFujitsu| | 15 May 2003| 08 Aug 2003 \nHitachi| | 15 May 2003| 18 Jun 2003 \nIngrian Networks| | 15 May 2003| 23 May 2003 \nMicrosoft Corporation| | 15 May 2003| 19 May 2003 \nNEC Corporation| | 15 May 2003| 16 Jun 2003 \nNortel Networks| | 15 May 2003| 14 Jul 2003 \nXerox Corporation| | 15 May 2003| 14 Jul 2003 \nIf you are a vendor and your product is affected, [let us know](<mailto:cert@cert.org?Subject=VU%23200132 Vendor Status Inquiry>). \n \n\n\n### CVSS Metrics \n\nGroup | Score | Vector \n---|---|--- \nBase | N/A | N/A \nTemporal | N/A | N/A \nEnvironmental | N/A | N/A \n \n### References\n\n * <http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html>\n * <http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html>\n * <http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/about.html>\n * <http://www.secunia.com/advisories/9037/>\n * <http://www.secunia.com/advisories/9038/>\n\n### Credit\n\nThis vulnerability was discovered by Martyn Gilmore. The CERT/CC thanks Martyn, Adobe, and the folks responsible for the Xpdf project.\n\nThis document was written by Ian A Finlay.\n\n### Other Information\n\n * CVE IDs: [CAN-2003-0434](<http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CAN-2003-0434>)\n * Date Public: 13 Jun 2003\n * Date First Published: 18 Jun 2003\n * Date Last Updated: 26 Sep 2003\n * Severity Metric: 37.97\n * Document Revision: 26\n\n", "edition": 3, "enchantments": {"score": {"value": 7.5, "vector": "NONE"}}, "hash": "5e65e25a30e25c60ebb045ffc79360147ac497cba0ce0029fc9b8f91573910ea", "hashmap": [{"hash": "b6ba9fa6ea18201bf39ea635ecca9f13", "key": "type"}, {"hash": "d53e73f65541c79ded772f3e582384c1", "key": "description"}, {"hash": "caf9b6b99962bf5c2264824231d7a40c", "key": "bulletinFamily"}, {"hash": "8a404ac1777dacfd4a9b313a13df5ef7", "key": "published"}, {"hash": "a78e1122f799fc17fd054717f3508d0b", "key": "cvelist"}, {"hash": "308241858cb1d8c7a9a424485e00bfb5", "key": "modified"}, {"hash": "15295f0f51e7a9f29d520f3618613c8a", "key": "title"}, {"hash": "b418d8fe53b5e83bcfa8b471d8a35918", "key": "href"}, {"hash": "8cd4821cb504d25572038ed182587d85", "key": "cvss"}, {"hash": "5d2cfab83ed6e86a4812690790dc7ad5", "key": "reporter"}, {"hash": "2c24b7027ac0157adc7ce671d5248bb7", "key": "references"}], "history": [], "href": "https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/200132", "id": "VU:200132", "lastseen": "2018-08-30T20:37:50", "modified": "2003-09-26T00:00:00", "objectVersion": "1.3", "published": "2003-06-18T00:00:00", "references": ["http://www.secunia.com/advisories/9037/", "http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CAN-2003-0434", "http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/about.html", "http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/about.html", "http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/about.html", "http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html", "http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html", "http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html", "http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html", "http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html", "http://www.secunia.com/advisories/9038/"], "reporter": "CERT", "title": "Various UNIX and Linux PDF readers/viewers execute commands embedded within hyperlinks", "type": "cert", "viewCount": 0}, "differentElements": ["cvss"], "edition": 3, "lastseen": "2018-08-30T20:37:50"}, {"bulletin": {"bulletinFamily": "info", "cvelist": ["CVE-2003-0434", "CVE-2003-0434"], "cvss": {"score": 7.5, "vector": "AV:NETWORK/AC:LOW/Au:NONE/C:PARTIAL/I:PARTIAL/A:PARTIAL/"}, "description": "### Overview\n\nA vulnerability in various UNIX and Linux PDF viewers/readers may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on your system.\n\n### Description\n\nAdobe Systems Incorporated [_describes_](<http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html>) PDF (Portable Document Format) as \"a universal file format that preserves the fonts, images, graphics, and layout of any source document, regardless of the application and platform used to create it.\" A viewer such as [_Adobe Reader_](<http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html>) or [_Xpdf_](<http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/about.html>) is needed to view a document encoded in PDF[](<http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/about.html>). Various PDF viewers are widely deployed on the Internet. Quoting from the Adobe Systems Incorporated [_web site_](<http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html>): \n\nGovernments and enterprises around the world have adopted PDF to streamline document management, increase productivity, and reduce reliance on paper....An open file format specification, PDF is available to anyone who wants to develop tools to create, view, or manipulate PDF documents. Indeed, more than 1,800 vendors offer PDF-based solutions, ensuring that organizations that adopt the PDF standard have a variety of tools to leverage the Portable Document Format and to customize document processes. \n \nWhen a victim clicks on a hyperlink contained within a malicious PDF file, an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the victim. This is possible because some UNIX and Linux PDF readers/viewers spawn external programs to handle hyperlinks by invoking the shell command interpreter. \n \n--- \n \n### Impact\n\nA remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the victim. \n \n--- \n \n### Solution\n\nApply a patch when available. \n \n--- \n \n### Systems Affected \n\nVendor| Status| Date Notified| Date Updated \n---|---|---|--- \nAdobe Systems Incorporated| | 08 May 2003| 18 Jun 2003 \nConectiva| | 15 May 2003| 22 Sep 2003 \nDebian| | 15 May 2003| 19 May 2003 \nMandrakeSoft| | 15 May 2003| 14 Jul 2003 \nRed Hat Inc.| | 15 May 2003| 19 Jun 2003 \nSun Microsystems Inc.| | 15 May 2003| 17 Jun 2003 \nXpdf| | 20 May 2003| 17 Jun 2003 \nApple Computer Inc.| | -| 18 Jun 2003 \nFujitsu| | 15 May 2003| 08 Aug 2003 \nHitachi| | 15 May 2003| 18 Jun 2003 \nIngrian Networks| | 15 May 2003| 23 May 2003 \nMicrosoft Corporation| | 15 May 2003| 19 May 2003 \nNEC Corporation| | 15 May 2003| 16 Jun 2003 \nNortel Networks| | 15 May 2003| 14 Jul 2003 \nXerox Corporation| | 15 May 2003| 14 Jul 2003 \nIf you are a vendor and your product is affected, [let us know](<mailto:cert@cert.org?Subject=VU%23200132 Vendor Status Inquiry>). \n \n\n\n### CVSS Metrics \n\nGroup | Score | Vector \n---|---|--- \nBase | N/A | N/A \nTemporal | N/A | N/A \nEnvironmental | N/A | N/A \n \n### References\n\n * <http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html>\n * <http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html>\n * <http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/about.html>\n * <http://www.secunia.com/advisories/9037/>\n * <http://www.secunia.com/advisories/9038/>\n\n### Credit\n\nThis vulnerability was discovered by Martyn Gilmore. 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