CVE-2001-0289

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2001-05-03 · updated 2026-06-16

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 products

Joseph Allen Joe: 2.8

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0490.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-041
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-026.php3
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-024.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0490.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-041
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-026.php3
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-024.html

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