CVE-1999-1491

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1996-02-02 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1491, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

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.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1491

CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C