{"id":"CVE-2002-1676","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2002-1676","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:32:07.959Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2002-12-31T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:59:46.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":2.1,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["bindview/netinventory","bindview/netrc"],"epss":{"score":0.00336,"percentile":0.26732,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/252293","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/256056","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3957","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7992","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/252293","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/256056","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3957","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7992","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1676","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}