CVE-2001-0040

LowCVSS 2.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 2.1/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

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

Timeline

Published: Feb 16, 2001
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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