CVE-1999-1422

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 1999-01-02 · updated 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 products

Slackware Linux: 2.0.35, 3.4

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91540043023167&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/211
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91540043023167&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/211

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