CVE-2001-0289

MediumCVSS 4.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.6/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0490.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-041Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-026.php3Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-024.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0490.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-041Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-026.php3Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-024.html

Timeline

Published: May 3, 2001
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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