{"id":"CVE-2002-1479","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:34:41.192498Z","published":"2003-04-22T04:00:00Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0028.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10049.php"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.knights-of-the-routing-table.org/advisories/krt_001_20020903_cacti.txt"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5628"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0028.html"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0028.html"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10049.php"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5628"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}