CVE-1999-1091 describes a vulnerability in the UNIX news readers tin and rtin, where the /tmp/.tin_log file is created with insecure permissions and follows symlinks. This flaw allows an attacker to modify the permissions of files writable by the user through a symlink attack. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, resulting in partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Despite its age, the CVE has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions, primarily on GitHub.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rtin:rtin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tin:tin:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.