The PATH in Windows NT includes the current working directory (.), which could allow local users to gain privileges by placing Trojan horse programs with the same name as commonly used system programs into certain directories.
                
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.756Z
Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00
Link: CVE-1999-1217
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 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Deferred
Published: 1997-07-25T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-1999-1217
 Redhat
                        Redhat
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