4.6

CVE-2002-1479: the_cacti_group cacti

CVSS: 4.6v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2002-1479
Published 01-09-2004Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2002-1479 is a medium (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability in the_cacti_group cacti. EPSS estimates a 0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.6/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.47%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 01-09-2004
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.47%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

39%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.47% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.47%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (archives.neohapsis.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • cacti< 0.6.8-1
The_cacti_group1 product
  • cacti0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6.1 | 0.6.2 | 0.6.3 | 0.6.4 | 0.6.5 | 0.6.6 | 0.6.7 | 0.6.8

2 vendors · 2 products

References

5 links