CVE

CVE-1999-1422

Severity:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
02/01/1999
Last modified:
18/10/2016

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:2.0.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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