CVE-2001-0040 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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: 2001-05-07

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apc:apcupsd:3.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00378.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Apc Apcupsd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-05-07T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:06:54.898Z

Reserved: 2001-02-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0040

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-02-16T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-0040

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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