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