CVE-1999-1491 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can execute arbitrary commands by exploiting relative pathnames in abuse.console to run a Trojan horse program.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-1491?
CVE-1999-1491 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Redhat Linux, published on 12 Sep 2001. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1491?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat Linux.
How do I fix CVE-1999-1491?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1491 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-1999-1491 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-1491 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-33qc-p77x-82rf.