Vulnerability CVE-1999-1091
Published: 2002-01-15   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
TIN -> TIN 
RTIN -> RTIN 

 References:
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167419835&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167419839&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420726&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/431
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