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Status published
Medium
CVE-2001-0289
Joe text editor 2.8 searches the current working directory (CWD)...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
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References
Affected Vendor
joseph allen
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joe
Vulnerable Versions:
2.8
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 7th, 2001
Last Modified:
August 8th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.