CVE-1999-1545

Summary

CVE-1999-1545 is a vulnerability affecting the text editor, Joe's Own Editor (joe), version 2.8. This issue arises due to the application setting the world-readable permission on its crash-save file, named DEADJOE. Consequently, local users can access and read files that are being edited by other users, posing a potential privacy and security risk.

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