6.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
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.
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0028.html
www.iss.net/security_center/static/10049.php
www.knights-of-the-routing-table.org/advisories/krt_001_20020903_cacti.txt
www.securityfocus.com/bid/5628