CVE-2003-0098

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-03-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unknown vulnerability in apcupsd before 3.8.6, and 3.10.x before 3.10.5, allows remote attackers to gain root privileges, possibly via format strings in a request to a slave server.

Affected products

apcupsd: before 3.8.6; from 3.10.0 before 3.10.5 — fixed in 3.10.5, 3.8.6
Debian Linux: 2.2, 3.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: apcupsd 3.10.5, 3.8.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/apcupsd/apcupsd/src/apcnisd.c.diff?r1=1.5&r2=1.6
http://hsj.shadowpenguin.org/misc/apcupsd_exp.txt
http://securitytracker.com/id?1006108
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=137900
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-277
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11334.php
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:018
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_022_apcupsd.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6828
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7200

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