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.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0066.html | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-077.php3 | |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2070 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5654 |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2001-05-07T04:00:00
Updated: 2007-11-13T00:00:00
Reserved: 2001-02-01T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2001-0040
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2001-02-16T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2017-10-10T01:29:33.310
Link: CVE-2001-0040
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CWE