CVE-2011-1159

acpid < 2.0.9 - Denial of Service via Unread Socket Connection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2011-1159. PoCs published by Vasiliy Kulikov.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a local denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in the 'acpid' daemon by opening multiple connections to a Unix domain socket, causing the service to hang. It specifically targets acpid 1.0.10, as tested on Ubuntu 10.04.

Description

acpid.c in acpid before 2.0.9 does not properly handle a situation in which a process has connected to acpid.socket but is not reading any data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (daemon hang) via a crafted application that performs a connect system call but no read system calls.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Vasiliy Kulikov · cdoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35240

This exploit demonstrates a local denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in the 'acpid' daemon by opening multiple connections to a Unix domain socket, causing the service to hang. It specifically targets acpid 1.0.10, as tested on Ubuntu 10.04.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: acpid 1.0.10
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the target system · Unix domain socket accessible
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45915
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/44621
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/42947
Exploit, Patch mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/7
Exploit, Patch mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/19/4
Exploit, Patch mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/12

Scores

EPSS 0.0109
EPSS Percentile 61.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (11)
tedfelix/acpid 1.0.8
tedfelix/acpid 1.0.10
tedfelix/acpid 2.0.0
tedfelix/acpid 2.0.1
tedfelix/acpid 2.0.2
tedfelix/acpid 2.0.3
tedfelix/acpid 2.0.4
tedfelix/acpid 2.0.5
tedfelix/acpid 2.0.7
tedfelix/acpid 2.06
... and 1 more
Published Oct 05, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026