Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Joe Text Editor 2.8 through 2.9.7

CVE-2002-2334 · LOW Severity

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

Joe text editor 2.8 through 2.9.7 does not remove the group and user setuid bits for backup files, which could allow local users to execute arbitrary setuid and setgid root programs when root edits scripts owned by other users.

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