Privilege Escalation via Trojan Horse .joerc File in Joe Text Editor 2.8

CVE-2001-0289 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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