CVE-2000-0727

Published Oct 20, 2000

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.6
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 4.9
Vector string: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:0.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "28CC6233-E207-40CC-81FF-A8670EEA4295"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References