CVE-2002-1479 (GCVE-0-2002-1479)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2004-09-01 04:00
Modified
2024-08-08 03:26
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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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