Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 16, 2001· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2001-0040
CVE-2001-0040
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
4- www.securityfocus.com/bid/2070nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0066.htmlnvdExploitVendor Advisory
- www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-077.php3nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5654nvd
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