CVE-2003-0098

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-0098
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-03-03 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionUnknown 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apcupsd Apcupsd All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
NOVELL: Broken Link - 404 Error Pages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com Broken Link
APC apcupsd Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-277-1 apcupsd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
SourceForge.net: File Release Notes and Changelog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Broken Link
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/apcupsd/apcupsd/src/apcnisd.c.diff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cvs.sourceforge.net Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
ISS X-Force Database:apcupsd-logevent-format-string(11334): Apcupsd log_event() format string attack af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Broken Link
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Apcupsd Format String Flaw May Let Remote Users Gain Root Access af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
hsj.shadowpenguin.org/misc/apcupsd_exp.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hsj.shadowpenguin.org Broken Link
APC apcupsd Client Syslog Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-015.0.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.caldera.com Broken Link
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