Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2001-0040 First vendor Publication 2001-02-16
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-20

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 2.1 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2001-0040

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-10-24 Name : apcupsd overflows
File : nvt/apcupsd_overflows.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
1683 APC apcupsd Local DoS

apcupsd for APC UPS systems contains a flaw that may allow a local denial of service. The problem is that the daemon saves its process ID in a world-writable file, which could allow a malicious user to overwrite the 'apcups.pid' file with an arbitrary process ID to cause the system to crash during restart or shutdown, resulting in a loss of availability for the system.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2012-09-06 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2000-077.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2003-03-26 Name : The remote host is running an application which is affected by multiple vulne...
File : apcupsd_overflows.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

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