CVE-2001-0040

APC UPS daemon - Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by the itch · cdoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/251

References (4)

Scores

EPSS 0.0038
EPSS Percentile 59.4%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
apc/apcupsd 3.7.2
Published Feb 16, 2001
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026