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CVE-2002-1479 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Cacti before 0.6.8 stores a MySQL username and password in p)

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.

CVE IDCVE-2002-1479
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score4.6
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2003-04-22
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionCacti 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.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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