Description
Joe text editor 2.8 searches the current working directory (CWD) for the .joerc configuration file, which could allow local users to gain privileges of other users by placing a Trojan Horse .joerc file into a directory, then waiting for users to execute joe from that directory.
Published: 2001-05-07
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-2001-0289 Joe text editor 2.8 searches the current working directory (CWD) for the .joerc configuration file, which could allow local users to gain privileges of other users by placing a Trojan Horse .joerc file into a directory, then waiting for users to execute joe from that directory.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:14:07.393Z

Reserved: 2001-04-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0289

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-05-03T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2001-0289

cve-icon Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2001-02-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2001-0289 - Bugzilla

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