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CVE-1999-1091

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
15/01/2002
Last modified:
19/12/2017

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:rtin:rtin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tin:tin:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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