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

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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 Jun 21, 2005

2.1

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.34%

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 products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.34% 0.00336

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00336

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.34% (0.00336)	24.56th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.34% (0.00336)	25.15th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.07% (0.00072)	19.43th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00950)	32.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	30.63th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	28.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	13.46th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/252293
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/256056
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3957
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7992
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/252293		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/256056		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3957		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7992		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jun 21, 2005

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Jun 21, 2005

Link CVE-2002-1676

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-1676

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2002-1676