CVE-2002-1479
EPSS 0.12%
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.
How to fix CVE-2002-1479
To remediate CVE-2002-1479, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/cacti—upgrade to 0.6.8-1 or later
Is CVE-2002-1479 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.6.8-1