CVE-2002-1479

Exp

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.

Published: 2003-04-22 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1479 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.47%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-1479

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1479

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.05% 0.47% +0.42%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1479

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1479

OS Trackers for CVE-2002-1479

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2002-1479 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cacti), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1479

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1479

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
the_cacti_group cacti 0.5 cpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the_cacti_group cacti 0.6 cpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the_cacti_group cacti 0.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the_cacti_group cacti 0.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the_cacti_group cacti 0.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the_cacti_group cacti 0.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:0.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the_cacti_group cacti 0.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:0.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the_cacti_group cacti 0.6.6 cpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:0.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the_cacti_group cacti 0.6.7 cpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:0.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the_cacti_group cacti 0.6.8 cpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:0.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1479

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