Vulnerabilities > CVE-2000-0727 - Unspecified vulnerability in Xpdf 0.90

047910
CVSS 7.6 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
high complexity
xpdf
NVD
Published: 2000-10-20
Updated: 2016-10-18

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Xpdf
1

Redhat

advisories
rhsa
idRHSA-2000:060

References