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CVE-1999-1091
UNIX news readers tin and rtin create the /tmp/.tin_log file with insecure permissions and follow symlinks, which allows attackers to…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.3%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 30% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- 19960903 [BUG] Vulnerability in TIN (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- tin-tmpfile(431) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 19960903 Re: BoS: [BUG] Vulnerability in TIN (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 19970329 symlink bug in tin/rtin (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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