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CVE-2001-0040

LOW · CVSS 2.1 EPSS 0.86%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2001-02-16 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a low severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 2.1. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2001-0040
Severity
LOW
CVSS
2.1
EPSS
0.86%

Original NVD 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.