CVEvulnerability
CVE-2001-0289
4.6 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2001-05-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
Affected configurations
• joseph allen joe 2.8
Related
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0490.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-041 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-026.php3 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-024.html www.redhat.com
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0490.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-041 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-026.php3 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-024.html www.redhat.com