CVE-1999-1091

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Published Sep 12, 2001 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

UNIX news readers tin and rtin create the /tmp/.tin_log file with insecure permissions and follow symlinks, which allows attackers to modify the permissions of files writable by the user via a symlink attack.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:rtin:rtin::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:tin:tin:1.2:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1072	UNIX news readers tin and rtin create the /tmp/.tin_log file with insecure permissions and follow symlinks, which allows attackers to modify the permissions of files writable by the user via a symlink attack.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.3% (1.282% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167419835&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167419839&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420726&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/431

History

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Subscriptions

Rtin Rtin

Tin Tin

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 5:02 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 12, 2001, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 5:02 PM
Reserved: Aug 31, 2001, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Sep 25, 2026, 8:10 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 15, 2002, 5:00 AM
Modified: Sep 25, 2026, 8:10 PM

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