CVE-1999-1092 - tin 1.40 creates the .tin directory with insecure permissions, which allows local users to read passwords from the .inputhistory file

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MEDIUM

tin 1.40 creates the .tin directory with insecure permissions, which allows local users to read passwords from the .inputhistory file

Published Sep 12, 2001

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.31%

Description

tin 1.40 creates the .tin directory with insecure permissions, which allows local users to read passwords from the .inputhistory file.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.31% 0.00312

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 4, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00312

Score over time

2022-2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 4, 2026	0.31% (0.00312)	21.95th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.32% (0.00315)	22.98th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.06% (0.00055)	14.46th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94286179032648&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94286179032648&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

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-1999-1092

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-1999-1092

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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