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Case File

CVE-1999-1091

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 1.28%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2002-01-15 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-1999-1091
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
1.28%

Original NVD 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.