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    CVE-2001-0040

    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.

    Published:Feb 16, 2001
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:May 7, 2001
    EPSS Score:0.00378
    CVSS Score:2.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apc
    Product
    Apcupsd

    Exploits

    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0066.htmlhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0066.htmlhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/251

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High