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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 symlin…

Info
CVECVE-1999-1091
First seen2026-09-25 20:31 UTC
Disclosed2002-01-15 05:00 UTC
Last updated2026-09-25 20:31 UTC
Channel statusauto

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.

In-depth triage

No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).

Affected products

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Sources

  • NVD DATABASE

Original Links

Timeline

  1. nvd_ingest NVD