Red Hat Linux 2.1 abuse.console privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Red Hat Linux 2.1. Impacted is an unknown function of the component abuse.console. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-1999-1491. Moreover, an exploit is present. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Linux 2.1 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component abuse.console. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The issue has been introduced in 11/23/1995. The weakness was disclosed 02/22/1996 by David J Meltzer (FIRST) (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-1999-1491. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 71 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (19279) and SecurityFocus (BID 354†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

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06/17/2014 +6690 days 🔍
04/16/2026 +4321 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: David J Meltzer (FIRST)
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-1491 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1491
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13722
SecurityFocus: 354 - RedHat 2.1 abuse.console Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 06/17/2014 16:49
Updated: 04/16/2026 08:14
Changes: 06/17/2014 16:49 (52), 04/15/2019 07:28 (4), 10/11/2024 17:53 (25), 04/16/2026 08:14 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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