Description
libedit searches for the .editrc file in the current directory instead of the user's home directory, which may allow local users to execute arbitrary commands by installing a modified .editrc in another directory.
Published: 2000-10-13
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2000-0591 libedit searches for the .editrc file in the current directory instead of the user's home directory, which may allow local users to execute arbitrary commands by installing a modified .editrc in another directory.
History

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:21:31.453Z

Reserved: 2000-07-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0595

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Status : Modified

Published: 2000-07-05T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2000-0595

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