CVE-1999-1496

lowpriority · track · 8EPSS 0.005 · 43 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.51% (43rd) EPSS

CVSS 2.1 · low

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

Sudo 1.5 in Debian Linux 2.1 and Red Hat 6.0 allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary files by attempting to execute the target filename as a program, which generates a different error message when the file does not exist.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

2.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.02.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.9

v2.01.8lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-200USLLM-inferredCWE-209USLLM-inferred

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
debian debian linux= 2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd miller sudo= 1.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 1999-06-08modified 2026-06-16

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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