| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-2000-0727 (CCN-5170) | ||||||||
| Assigned: | 2000-08-29 | ||||||||
| Published: | 2000-08-29 | ||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||
| CVSS v3 Severity: | 9.0 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 7.6 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-Other | ||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | Gain Access | ||||||||
| References: | Source: CCN Type: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-00:55 xpdf contains multiple vulnerabilities Source: CCN Type: Caldera International, Inc. Security Advisory CSSA-2000-031.0 Security problems in xpdf Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-2000-0727 Source: CCN Type: Conectiva Linux Announcement CLSA-2000:316 xpdf Source: BUGTRAQ Type: UNKNOWN 20000829 MDKSA-2000:041 - xpdf update Source: BUGTRAQ Type: UNKNOWN 20000913 Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - xpdf Source: CCN Type: RHSA-2000:060-03 xpdf bugfix release Source: CALDERA Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory CSSA-2000-031.0 Source: DEBIAN Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory 20000910 xpdf: local exploit Source: DEBIAN Type: Debian Security Advisory 20000910a xpdf: local exploit Source: CCN Type: Xpdf Web site Xpdf: Download Source: CCN Type: OSVDB ID: 5764 Xpdf PDF Viewer Client URL Shell Execution Source: REDHAT Type: UNKNOWN RHSA-2000:060 Source: BID Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory 1624 Source: CCN Type: BID-1624 Multiple Linux Vendor Xpdf Embedded URL Vulnerability Source: CCN Type: MandrakeSoft Security Advisory MDKSA-2000:041-1 xpdf Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN xpdf-embedded-url(5170) | ||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration CCN 1:  Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||
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