Adobe PDF viewers allow non-certified plug-ins to put viewers into Certified Mode

Overview By default, Adobe PDF viewers will start up and load non-certified plug-ins installed in a local plugins directory. Adobe Reader plug-ins not certified by Adobe, if allowed to load, can execute arbitrary code in the process space of the running viewer. One incremental impact of such...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: xpdf security update

Updated Xpdf packages are available that fix a vulnerability where a malicious PDF document could run arbitrary code. Updated 21 July 2003 Updated packages are now available, as the original errata packages did not fix all possible ways of exploiting this vulnerability. Xpdf is an X Window System...

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...

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...

CVE-2003-0434

Vulnerability CVE-2003-0434 affects multiple PDF viewers, notably Adobe Acrobat 5.0 and Xpdf 1.01. The issue arises from shell metacharacters in embedded hyperlinks, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands when a user opens a specially crafted PDF. Impact is described as remote co...

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

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7912/info A vulnerability has been reported for multiple PDF viewers for Unix variant operating systems. The problem is said to occur when hyperlinks have been enabled within the viewer. Allegedly, by placing a specially formatted hyperlink within a PDF...