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.
Published: 2004-09-01
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2002-1462 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.
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The Cacti Group Cacti
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:26:28.671Z

Reserved: 2003-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1479

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-04-22T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-1479

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