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CVE-1999-1091

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2002-01-15 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Rtin RtinTin Tin

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References