CVE-1999-1422

Summary

CVE-1999-1422 is a vulnerability affecting the default configuration of Slackware 3.4, and potentially other versions. The issue lies in the inclusion of the current directory (denoted by a dot in the PATH environmental variable). This misconfiguration could enable local users to create and execute malicious programs unintentionally, posing a security risk for other users.

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