diff -up ./src/pcscdaemon.c.permissions ./src/pcscdaemon.c
--- ./src/pcscdaemon.c.permissions	2009-02-06 00:46:20.000000000 -0800
+++ ./src/pcscdaemon.c	2009-06-17 10:06:49.419656000 -0700
@@ -438,7 +438,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	rv = SYS_Stat(PCSCLITE_EVENTS_DIR, &fStatBuf);
 	if (rv < 0)
 	{
-		int mode = S_IRWXU | S_IWGRP | S_IXGRP | S_IWOTH | S_IXOTH; /* 0755 */
+ 		/* 1733 : world writable + sticky bit */
+ 		int mode = S_IRWXU | S_IWGRP | S_IXGRP | S_IWOTH | S_IXOTH | S_ISVTX;
 
 		rv = SYS_Mkdir(PCSCLITE_EVENTS_DIR, mode);
 		if (rv != 0)
diff -up ./src/winscard_clnt.c.permissions ./src/winscard_clnt.c
--- ./src/winscard_clnt.c.permissions	2009-02-06 00:46:20.000000000 -0800
+++ ./src/winscard_clnt.c	2009-06-17 10:07:32.392742000 -0700
@@ -1717,7 +1717,7 @@ static long WaitForPcscdEvent(SCARDCONTE
 {
 	char filename[FILENAME_MAX];
 	char buf[1];
-	int fd;
+	int fd, r;
 	struct timeval tv, *ptv = NULL;
 	struct timeval before, after;
 	fd_set read_fd;
@@ -1734,7 +1734,14 @@ static long WaitForPcscdEvent(SCARDCONTE
 
 	(void)snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "%s/event.%d.%ld",
 		PCSCLITE_EVENTS_DIR, SYS_GetPID(), hContext);
-	(void)mkfifo(filename, 0644);
+	r = mkfifo(filename, 0644);
+ 	if (-1 == r)
+ 	{
+ 		Log2(PCSC_LOG_CRITICAL, "Can't create event fifo: %s", strerror(errno));
+ 		goto exit;
+ 	}
+ 
+
 	fd = SYS_OpenFile(filename, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK, 0);
 
 	FD_ZERO(&read_fd);
@@ -1755,6 +1762,7 @@ static long WaitForPcscdEvent(SCARDCONTE
 		dwTime -= diff/1000;
 	}
 
+exit:
 	return dwTime;
 }