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CVE-1999-1545

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1999-07-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Joe's Own Editor (joe) 2.8 sets the world-readable permission on its crash-save file, DEADJOE, which could allow local users to read files that were being edited by other users.

Affected products

• Joes Own Editor Joe: 2.8

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93216103027827&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93226771401036&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93216103027827&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93226771401036&w=2

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