security flaw
Published Oct 13, 2000
7.6
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.56%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue was fixed in the following products: - Red Hat Linux 5.2 - RHSA-2000:060 (2000-09-13) - Red Hat Linux 6.2 - RHSA-2000:060 (2000-09-13)
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.56% (0.02556) | 84.52th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.56% (0.02556) | 82.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.80% (0.00795) | 72.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.33% (0.00331) | 71.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.33% (0.00331) | 70.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.33% (0.00331) | 66.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96766355023239&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96886599829687&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-031.0.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000910a vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-060.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1624 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0727 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616509 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0727
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0727
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96766355023239&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96886599829687&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-031.0.txt | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000910a | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-060.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1624 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0727 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616509 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0727 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0727 |
Change history (0)
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