CVEvulnerability

CVE-2000-1178

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2001-01-09 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2001-01-09
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

Joe text editor follows symbolic links when creating a rescue copy called DEADJOE during an abnormal exit, which allows local users to overwrite the files of other users whose joe session crashes.

Affected configurations

• joseph allen joe 2.8

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
  • CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following weakness

References