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CVE-2000-1178
Joe text editor follows symbolic links when creating a rescue copy called DEADJOE during an abnormal exit, which allows local users to…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.56%
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- mitre
Description
Joe text editor follows symbolic links when creating a rescue copy called DEADJOE during an abnormal exit, which allows local users to overwrite the files of other users whose joe session crashes.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.56% · top 53% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- 20001121 Immunix OS Security update for joe (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- MDKSA-2000:072 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- joe-symlink-corruption(5546) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2000:110 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- CLA-2000:356 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- 20001116 Joe's Own Editor File Link Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20001201 DSA-003-1 joe: symlink attack (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 1959 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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