CVE-2000-0595

Medium CVSS 4.6

Published 2000-07-05 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0595, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

libedit searches for the .editrc file in the current directory instead of the user's home directory, which may allow local users to execute arbitrary commands by installing a modified .editrc in another directory.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0595

CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P