CVE-1999-1091 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-1999-1091

UNIX news readers tin and rtin create the /tmp/.tin_log file...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

rtin, tin
Vulnerable Versions:
1.2

Timeline

Official Publish: September 12th, 2001
Last Modified: August 1st, 2024
Added to House: July 17th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.