CVE-1999-1422: Slackware Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Slackware Slackware Linux: version 2.0.35 only; version 3.4 only

Published 1999-01-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.