CVE-2002-1676
N/A
Published: June 21, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:59 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorNetrcNetinventory
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
BindView NetInventory 1.0, when used with NetRC 1.0, allows local users to read sensitive information (passwords) by deleting the HOSTCFG._NI file and forcing an audit, which rewrites the HOSTCFG._NI to HOSTCFG.INI and stores the passwords in cleartext until the audit is complete.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/252293Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/256056VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7992Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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