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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:03.263Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1422

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1999-01-02T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-1999-1422

cve-icon Redhat

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