CVE - CVE-2001-0040

CVE-ID
CVE-2001-0040	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
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BID:2070 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2070 BUGTRAQ:20001206 apcupsd 3.7.2 Denial of Service URL:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0066.html MANDRAKE:MDKSA-2000:077 URL:~~http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-077.php3~~ (Obsolete source) XF:apc-apcupsd-dos(5654) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5654
Date Record Created
20010507	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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