CVE-2002-1676 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2005-06-21

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:bindview:netinventory:1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:bindview:netrc:1.0:::::::*

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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-2002-1657	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.

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 None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00072.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/252293
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/256056
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3957
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7992

History

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Subscriptions

Bindview Netinventory Netrc

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-06-21T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:34:55.713Z

Reserved: 2005-06-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1676

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-1676

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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