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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 2.1 Low

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2001-02-16

Last modified

2024-08-08

Affected products

• Apcupsd (Apc)

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0066.html
• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-077.php3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2070
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5654