CVE-1999-1422 Information

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.

Reference

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