01 Record
CVE-2000-0727
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.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 84.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2000-10-13 04:00Z26 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 05:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2000-09-19
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ffc5ee11deb4592efa308126e536d3ac56422076020dd3c2af6fed51a6d5f57b
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- marc.info20000829 MDKSA-2000:041 - xpdf updatehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96766355023239&w=2
- marc.info20000913 Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - xpdfhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96886599829687&w=2
- www.debian.org20000910 xpdf: local exploithttp://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000910a
- www.securityfocus.com1624http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1624
- www.calderasystems.comCSSA-2000-031.0http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-031.0.txt
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2000:060http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-060.html