CVE-1999-1491 — HIGH severity vulnerability (abuse.console in Red Hat 2.1 uses relative pathnames to find)
abuse.console in Red Hat 2.1 uses relative pathnames to find and execute the undrv program, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a path that points to a Trojan horse program.
| CVE ID | CVE-1999-1491 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 7.2 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 1996-02-02 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | abuse.console in Red Hat 2.1 uses relative pathnames to find and execute the undrv program, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a path that points to a Trojan horse program. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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