# CVE-2003-0098

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2003-0098
- **Severity:** UNKNOWN
- **CVSS Score:** 0.27
- **CWE:** N/A
- **Published:** Feb 26, 2003
- **Last Modified:** Mar 16, 2026

## 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

- n/a — n/a (n/a)

## References

- [CNA](http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=137900)
- [CNA](http://securitytracker.com/id?1006108)
- [CNA](http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:018)
- [CNA](http://hsj.shadowpenguin.org/misc/apcupsd_exp.txt)
- [CNA](http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11334.php)
- [CNA](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7200)
- [CNA](http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_022_apcupsd.html)
- [CNA](http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/apcupsd/apcupsd/src/apcnisd.c.diff?r1=1.5&r2=1.6)
- [CNA](http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-277)
- [CNA](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6828)
- [CNA](ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-015.0.txt)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 6.83%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 91.2

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-18._