CVE-2000-1178 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Joe text editor. When Joe crashes, it creates a rescue copy named DEADJOE, and this process insecurely follows symbolic links. This allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files belonging to other users if their Joe session crashes. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, but with a high impact on integrity. The EPSS score is very low, suggesting a minimal likelihood of exploitation in the wild. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there any known public exploits available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received no community discussion or media coverage, indicating a lack of widespread attention or interest.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joseph_allen:joe:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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