Is CVE-2003-0434 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2003-0434 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2003-0434?

CVE-2003-0434 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2003-0434?

CVE-2003-0434 has an EPSS score of 40.94% (98th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2003-0434

HIGHEPSS 98th pctl

7.5

CVSS v2

NVD

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 v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

40.94%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-June/005719.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105777963019186&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/9037
http://secunia.com/advisories/9038
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/200132
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:071
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-196.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-197.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A664

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.