Vulnerability Report

CVE-1999-1422

Title: Slackware Slackware Linux

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-1999-1422.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Jan 02, 1999

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.33%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-1999-1422: 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.

Impacted Vendors

slackware 1

Reference Links

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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-1999-1422 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

January 02, 1999 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.