CVE-1999-1422

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The default configuration of Slackware 3.4, and possibly other versions, includes . (dot, the current directory) in the PATH environmental variable, which could allow local users to create Trojan horse programs that are inadvertently executed by other users.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

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References

Timeline

Published: Jan 2, 1999
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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