2.1low
CVE-2001-00401 exploit
APC UPS daemon, apcupsd, saves its process ID in a world-writable file, which allows local users to kill an arbitrary process by specifying…
Published 25 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
2.1
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.9%
percentile 59%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.86% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs.
Exploits and detections
- EDB-251 APC UPS 3.7.2 - 'apcupsd' Local Denial of Service · dos · 2001-01-15
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
References
- securityfocus.com /bid/2070 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- linux-mandrake.com /en/security/MDKSA-2000-077.php3 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRAKE, x_transferred
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/5654 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
- archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0066.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2001-0040
- NVD: CVE-2001-0040
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