EMC NetWorker (formerly Legato NetWorker) before 7.0 stores passwords in plaintext in the…
Priority LOW 21Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
EMC NetWorker (formerly Legato NetWorker) before 7.0 stores passwords in plaintext in the daemon.log file, which allows local users to gain privileges by reading the password from the file. NOTE: this was originally reported for Legato NetWorker 6.1 on the Solaris 7 platform.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00371 31st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-0114
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cpw8-37hj-33r9
References
Advisory 1
More EMC Networker vulnerabilities
- TI-2012-02027 Format string vulnerability in the nsrd RPC service in EMC NetWorker 7.6.3 and 7.6.4… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2016-00825 EMC NetWorker 8.2.1.x and 8.2.2.x before 8.2.2.6 and 9.x before 9.0.0.6 mishandles… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-11363 Improper authentication in EMC Avamar Server 7.1.x, 7.2.x, 7.3.x, 7.4.x, 7.5.0, EMC… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2006-03769 The Management Console server in EMC NetWorker (formerly Legato NetWorker) 7.3.2 before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2017-11365 Path traversal in EMC Avamar Server 7.1.x, 7.2.x, 7.3.x, 7.4.x, 7.5.0, EMC NetWorker… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2017-11364 Unrestricted file upload in EMC Avamar Server 7.1.x, 7.2.x, 7.3.x, 7.4.x, 7.5.0, EMC… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2002-0114 · CVE Program
- CVE-2002-0114 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cpw8-37hj-33r9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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