CVE-2002-1479

high

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.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5628

http://www.knights-of-the-routing-table.org/advisories/krt_001_20020903_cacti.txt

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10049.php

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-04-22

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00051