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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.674Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1091

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-01-15T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-20T23:30:16.733

Link: CVE-1999-1091

cve-icon Redhat

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