CVE-2002-2334: Joseph Allen Joe

Low severity, CVSS 3.6. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Joseph Allen Joe: version 2.8 only; version 2.9 only; version 2.9.1 only; version 2.9.2 only; version 2.9.4 only; version 2.9.5 only; …

Published 2002-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.