{"cve":"CVE-1999-1496","nvd":{"published":"1999-06-08T04:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T21:50:33.947","status":"Modified","description":"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_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/14665","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/321","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2277","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/14665","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/321"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","redhat:linux","todd_miller:sudo"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:33:01.030757803+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-1999-1496","score":0.0051,"percentile":0.43558,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}