Back
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…
High7.6EPSS 2.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 15% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 20000829 MDKSA-2000:041 - xpdf update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20000913 Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - xpdf (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20000910 xpdf: local exploit (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 1624 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- CSSA-2000-031.0 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERAx_transferred
- RHSA-2000:060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .