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.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96766355023239&w=2 | |
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96886599829687&w=2 | |
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-031.0.txt | Patch Vendor Advisory |
http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000910a | Patch Vendor Advisory |
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-060.html | |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1624 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
History
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2000-10-13T04:00:00
Updated: 2004-09-02T09:00:00
Reserved: 2000-09-19T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2000-0727
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2000-10-20T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2016-10-18T02:07:24.677
Link: CVE-2000-0727
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE