CVE-2003-0171 Information

Description

DirectoryServices in MacOS X trusts the PATH environment variable to locate and execute the touch command which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the PATH to point to a directory containing a malicious touch program.

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00028.html http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a041003-1.txt