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
Published Feb 26, 2003
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.17%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
- 2.2
- 3.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.17% (0.05174) | 92.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.13% (0.05132) | 91.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.83% (0.06825) | 90.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 10.15% (0.10152) | 88.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.83% (0.06825) | 90.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 3.53% (0.03528) | 91.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 19, 2024 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 82.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 80.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-015.0.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERABroken Link
- http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/apcupsd/apcupsd/src/apcnisd.c.diff?r1=1.5&r2=1.6 x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://hsj.shadowpenguin.org/misc/apcupsd_exp.txt x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1006108 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=137900 x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-277 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11334.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XFBroken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:018 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEThird Party Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_022_apcupsd.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6828 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7200 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Change history (0)
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