CVEvulnerability
CVE-2002-1676
2.1 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2002-12-31
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Description
BindView NetInventory 1.0, when used with NetRC 1.0, allows local users to read sensitive information (passwords) by deleting the HOSTCFG._NI file and forcing an audit, which rewrites the HOSTCFG._NI to HOSTCFG.INI and stores the passwords in cleartext until the audit is complete.
Affected configurations
• bindview netinventory 1.0
• bindview netrc 1.0
References
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/252293 online.securityfocus.com
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/256056 online.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3957 Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7992 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/252293 online.securityfocus.com
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/256056 online.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3957 Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7992 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com