VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2001-0040
CVSS score2.1 LOW
EPSS probability0.86%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2001-02-16
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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.
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108