VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-1999-1422

CVSS score7.2 NONE
EPSS probability0.33%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published1999-01-02
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Primary references