CVE-1999-1091

medium

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/431

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420726&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167419839&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167419835&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-01-15

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N