CVE-1999-1491

Published Feb 2, 1996

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

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: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.2
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "674066BB-2576-4AAE-B97F-A4470815F1AC"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References