SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
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

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.