PT-1999-1740 · Todd Miller · Sudo

Published 1999-06-08 · Updated 2017-12-19 · CVE-1999-1496

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Sudo version 1.5

Description: The issue allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary files by attempting to execute the target filename as a program. This is possible because a different error message is generated when the file does not exist.

Recommendations: For Sudo version 1.5, update to a newer version that addresses this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1496

Affected Products

Sudo

References · 4

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/14665 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1496 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/321 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2277 · Note