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

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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

Published Sep 12, 2001

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.28%

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167419835&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167419839&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420726&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/431
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167419835&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167419839&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420726&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/431		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 12, 2001

Updated Aug 1, 2024

Reserved Aug 31, 2001

Link CVE-1999-1091

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-1999-1091

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-1999-1091