CVE-1999-1422 (GCVE-0-1999-1422)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2001-09-12 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 17:11
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91540043023167&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/211 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
1999-01-02 00:00
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