Vulnerability in Bindview Netinventory

CVE-2002-1676

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.

EPSS: 0.003 (26.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Bindview Netinventory — versions 1.0
Bindview Netrc — versions 1.0
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)