CVE-1999-1091 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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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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.

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00522.

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.674Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1091

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-01-15T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1091

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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