CVE-2002-1479
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 40.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-09-01 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 03:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2003-02-05
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ea7fc542bc7db49e731724d9f671e19002db66f8b2685258a7228473d740b3ca
05 Affected products
06 References
- archives.neohapsis.com20020903 Cacti security issueshttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0028.html
- www.iss.netcacti-config-world-readable(10049)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10049.php
- www.knights-of-the-routing-table.orghttp://www.knights-of-the-routing-table.org/advisories/krt_001_20020903_cacti.txt
- www.securityfocus.com5628http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5628
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cacti Fixed in 0.6.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cacti Fixed in 0.6.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cacti Fixed in 0.6.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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