CVE-2000-0727 Information

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.

Reference

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 http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000910a http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-060.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1624