Vulnerability CVE-2001-0040
Published: 2001-02-16   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
APC -> Apcupsd 

 References:
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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