CVE-2000-0727

Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2000-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

xpdf PDF viewer client earlier than 0.91 does not properly launch a web browser for embedded URL's, which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands via a URL that contains shell metacharacters.

Affected products

Xpdf: 0.90

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96766355023239&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96886599829687&w=2
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-031.0.txt
http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000910a
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-060.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1624
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96766355023239&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96886599829687&w=2
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-031.0.txt
http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000910a
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-060.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1624

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