CVE-2002-1676: Bindview Netinventory

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• Bindview Netinventory: version 1.0 only
• Bindview Netrc: version 1.0 only

Published 2002-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.