CVE-1999-1092: Iain Lea Tin

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Affected products

• Iain Lea Tin: version 1.40 only

Published 1999-11-17. Last modified 2026-06-16.