{"id":"CVE-2000-0727","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2000-0727","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:51:24.172Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2000-10-20T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:52:21.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.6,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["xpdf/xpdf"],"epss":{"score":0.02556,"percentile":0.84961,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.56%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96766355023239&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96886599829687&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-031.0.txt","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000910a","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-060.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1624","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96766355023239&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96886599829687&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-031.0.txt","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000910a","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-060.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1624","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0727","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}