CVE-2001-0040 Information

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.

Reference

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