Bug 1616577 (CVE-2001-0289) - CVE-2001-0289 security flaw
Summary: CVE-2001-0289 security flaw
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: CVE-2001-0289
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Reported: 2018-08-16 01:14 UTC by Stephen Herr
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:47 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-08-16 01:14:12 UTC
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Description Stephen Herr 2018-08-16 01:14:05 UTC 
Flaw bug created to hold information about an old flaw we knew something about. For more details see the MITRE CVE description.
Comment 1 Stephen Herr 2018-08-16 17:08:07 UTC 
MITRE 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.
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