CVE-2002-0259 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

InstantServers MiniPortal 1.1.5 and earlier stores sensitive login and account data in plaintext in (1) .pwd files in the miniportal/apache directory, or (2) mplog.txt, which could allow local users to gain privileges.

Published: 2002-05-03

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:instantservers_inc.:miniportal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0256	InstantServers MiniPortal 1.1.5 and earlier stores sensitive login and account data in plaintext in (1) .pwd files in the miniportal/apache directory, or (2) mplog.txt, which could allow local users to gain privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00061.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101329397901071&w=2
http://www.instantservers.com/releases.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8170.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4076

History

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Subscriptions

Instantservers Inc. Miniportal

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-05-03T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:42:28.615Z

Reserved: 2002-05-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0259

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-05-29T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-0259

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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