CVE-1999-1092

Medium CVSS 4.6

Published 1999-11-17 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1092, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

tin 1.40 creates the .tin directory with insecure permissions, which allows local users to read passwords from the .inputhistory file.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1092

CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P