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CVE-2001-0040

Published

23 years ago

Last Modified

6 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Low

Impact Analysis

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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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity: Low
Base Score: 2.1/10
Exploit Score: 3.9/10
Access Vector: Local
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication Required: None
Impact Score: 2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact: None
Availability Impact: Partial
Integrity Impact: None

Products Affected

CPE	Affected	Vulnerable	Excluding	Edit
cpe:2.3:a:apc:apcupsd:3.7.2:::::::*	Yes	-	-

References

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