CVE-2003-0098
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.
02 Description
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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.13% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2003-02-26 05:00Z23 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:43Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2003-02-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6a43e7ecfe1adae40796a41d50056a13af44326b5408a74bf21269e6020e104d
05 Affected products
06 References
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=137900
- securitytracker.com1006108http://securitytracker.com/id?1006108
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2003:018http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:018
- hsj.shadowpenguin.orghttp://hsj.shadowpenguin.org/misc/apcupsd_exp.txt
- www.iss.netapcupsd-logevent-format-string(11334)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11334.php
- www.securityfocus.com7200http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7200
- www.novell.comSuSE-SA:2003:022http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_022_apcupsd.html
- cvs.sourceforge.nethttp://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/apcupsd/apcupsd/src/apcnisd.c.diff?r1=1.5&r2=1.6
- www.debian.orgDSA-277http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-277
- www.securityfocus.com6828http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6828
- ftp.caldera.comCSSA-2003-015.0ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-015.0.txt
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- apcupsd Fixed in 3.8.5-1.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- apcupsd Fixed in 3.8.5-1.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- apcupsd Fixed in 3.8.5-1.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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