CVE-2000-0728 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

xpdf PDF viewer client earlier than 0.91 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Published: 2000-10-13

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:0.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0723	xpdf PDF viewer client earlier than 0.91 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00047.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-060.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1624
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0728

History

Wed, 28 May 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0728

Thu, 22 May 2025 04:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0728 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0728

Subscriptions

Xpdf Xpdf

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-10-13T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:28:41.285Z

Reserved: 2000-09-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0728

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-10-20T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-0728

Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2000-08-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2000-0728 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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