CVE-1999-1491

CVE-1999-1491 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Red Hat Linux 2.1's abuse.console utility. This flaw allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by manipulating relative pathnames, tricking the system into running a malicious "undrv" program. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), successful exploitation grants complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact to the attacker. While not listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-19279), though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.