Vulnerability in Xpdf
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.
EPSS: 0.026 (83.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Xpdf — versions 0.90
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, x_refsource_DEBIAN, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_CALDERA, vendor-advisory, Patch)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)