CVE-2000-0728

medium

Description

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

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1624

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-060.html

http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-031.0.txt

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96886599829687&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96766355023239&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2000-10-20

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00047