CVE-1999-1496 — LOW severity vulnerability (Sudo 1.5 in Debian Linux 2.1 and Red Hat 6.0 allows local us)
Sudo 1.5 in Debian Linux 2.1 and Red Hat 6.0 allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary files by attempting to execute the target filename as a program, which generates a different error message when the file does not exist.
| CVE ID | CVE-1999-1496 |
|---|---|
| Severity | LOW |
| CVSS score | 2.1 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 1999-06-08 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Sudo 1.5 in Debian Linux 2.1 and Red Hat 6.0 allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary files by attempting to execute the target filename as a program, which generates a different error message when the file does not exist. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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