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.

CVSS v2.0 NVD

2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

0.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 58th percentile

Published

2001-05-07

Updated

2024-08-08

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/251

Security advisories

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0066.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2070

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry