{"cve":"CVE-2001-0040","nvd":{"published":"2001-02-16T05:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T21:53:32.480","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["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","http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0066.html"],"products":["apc:apcupsd"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:33:02.361923049+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2001-0040","score":0.00858,"percentile":0.58465,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}