VulnerabilityModified
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 modify the permissions of files writable by the user via a symlink attack.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 1.28%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.28%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.28% probability · 68th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- rtin/rtin · tin/tin
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- 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
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.