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CVE-1999-1491

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1996-02-02 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• RedHat Linux: 2.1

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167418994&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/354
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167418994&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/354

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