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HistoryJan 15, 2002 - 5:00 a.m.
CVE-1999-1091
unix
news readers
insecure permissions
symlink attack
cve-1999-1091
nvd
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
6.8 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
68.3%
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 configurations
Node
rtinrtin
ORtintinMatch1.2
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
6.8 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
68.3%
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