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CVE-2001-0040
Published: May 7, 2001
Modified: Aug 8, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
2070
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
MDKSA-2000:077
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRAKE
apc-apcupsd-dos(5654)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
20001206 apcupsd 3.7.2 Denial of Service
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
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