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CVE-1999-1422

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 1999-01-02 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Slackware Slackware Linux

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References