CVE-2003-0098

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Unknown vulnerability in apcupsd before 3.8.6, and 3.10.x before 3.10.5, allows remote attackers to gain root privileges

Unknown vulnerability in apcupsd before 3.8.6, and 3.10.x before 3.10.5, allows remote attackers to gain root privileges, possibly via format strings in a request to a slave server.

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 0.06825

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EPSS percentile: top 9% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Affected Products & Versions

apcupsd< 3.8.6
apcupsd>= 3.10.0 and < 3.10.5
debian linuxall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published to NVD03 Mar 2003 · 05:00 AM

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-015.0.txtBroken Link

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/apcupsd/apcupsd/src/apcnisd.c.diff?r1=1.5&r2=1.6Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://hsj.shadowpenguin.org/misc/apcupsd_exp.txtBroken Link

http://securitytracker.com/id?1006108Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=137900Broken Link

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-277PatchVendor Advisory

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http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11334.phpBroken Link

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:018Third Party Advisory

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_022_apcupsd.htmlBroken Link

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6828Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7200Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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