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    CVE-2003-0098

    Unknown vulnerability in apcupsd before 3.8.6, and 3.10.x before 3.10.5, allows remote attackers to gain root privileges, possibly via format strings in a request to a slave server.

    Published:Feb 26, 2003
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Feb 26, 2003
    EPSS Score:0.06825
    CVSS Score:10

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apcupsd
    Product
    Apcupsd
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    References

    ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-015.0.txt
    http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/apcupsd/apcupsd/src/apcnisd.c.diff?r1=1.5&r2=1.6
    http://hsj.shadowpenguin.org/misc/apcupsd_exp.txt
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1006108
    http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=137900
    http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-277
    http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11334.php
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:018
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_022_apcupsd.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6828
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7200
    ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-015.0.txt
    http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/apcupsd/apcupsd/src/apcnisd.c.diff?r1=1.5&r2=1.6
    http://hsj.shadowpenguin.org/misc/apcupsd_exp.txt
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1006108
    http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=137900
    http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-277
    http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11334.php
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:018
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_022_apcupsd.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6828
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7200

    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