FKIE_CVE-1999-1091

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2002-01-15 05:00 - Updated: 2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167419835&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167419839&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420726&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/431
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167419835&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167419839&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420726&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/431
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
rtin rtin *
tin tin 1.2
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  "id": "CVE-1999-1091",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-03T01:03:51.193",
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        "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
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