CVE-2000-0727: Xpdf

High severity, CVSS 7.6. EPSS: 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• Xpdf Xpdf: version 0.90 only

Published 2000-10-20. Last modified 2026-06-16.