CVE-1999-1491: Red Hat Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• Red Hat Linux: version 2.1 only

Published 1996-02-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.