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CVE-2001-0040

APC UPS daemon, apcupsd, saves its process ID in a world-writable file, which allows local users to kill an arbitrary process by specifying the target process ID in the apcupsd.pid file.

Published

2001-02-16T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	apc	apcupsd	3.7.2	Yes

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0066.html Exploit, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-077.php3 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2070 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5654 ([email protected])
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0066.html Exploit, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-077.php3 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2070 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5654 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)