CVE-2001-0289: Joseph Allen Joe

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Joseph Allen Joe: version 2.8 only

Published 2001-05-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.