CVE-2001-0289

Published May 3, 2001

Last updated 16 years ago

Overview

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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.6
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:joseph_allen:joe:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "9894A324-ABBD-4FF4-8A51-D73381F40814"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References