CVE-2000-0727

Public Date:
2000-08-29
Bugzilla:
1616509: CVE-2000-0727 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2000-0727 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Linux 6.2 RHSA-2000:060 2000-09-13
Red Hat Linux 5.2 RHSA-2000:060 2000-09-13

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