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CVE-2001-0040

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-02-16 · updated 2026-06-16

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

• Apcupsd: 3.7.2

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
• 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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