Joe's Own Editor JOE 2.8 File Permission DEADJOE privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Joe's Own Editor JOE 2.8. This impacts an unknown function of the file DEADJOE of the component File Permission Handler. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-1999-1545. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Joe's Own Editor JOE 2.8. This affects some unknown processing of the file DEADJOE of the component File Permission Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Joe's Own Editor (joe) 2.8 sets the world-readable permission on its crash-save file, DEADJOE, which could allow local users to read files that were being edited by other users.

The weakness was disclosed 07/14/1999 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-1545. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Further details are available at marc.theaimsgroup.com. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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07/14/1999 🔍
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06/21/2014 +5456 days 🔍
04/19/2026 +4320 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-1545 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1545
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14727
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/21/2014 12:08
Updated: 04/19/2026 08:57
Changes: 06/21/2014 12:08 (42), 05/21/2018 10:06 (6), 04/19/2026 08:57 (17)
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