CVE-1999-1091EPSS p69.1%

CVE-1999-1091CVE-1999-1091

rtin / rtin

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.

Scoring

CVSS 5.0 ()
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS1.28% probability of exploitation · percentile 69.1% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z
Last modified2026-09-25
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