CVE-2001-0040

low

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5654

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2070

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-077.php3

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-02-16

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Severity: Low

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00172