CVE-2002-1479
N/A
Published: September 1, 2004 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:59 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCacti
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
Cacti before 0.6.8 stores a MySQL username and password in plaintext in config.php, which has world-readable permissions, which allows local users to modify databases as the Cacti user and possibly gain privileges.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0028.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10049.phpx_refsource_MISCURL Repurposed
Source: [email protected]
http://www.knights-of-the-routing-table.org/advisories/krt_001_20020903_cacti.txtVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5628Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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