When was CVE-2003-0098 disclosed?

CVE-2003-0098 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 3, 2003, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2003-0098 actively exploited?

CVE-2003-0098 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 91.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2003-0098?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2003-0098, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2003-0098

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

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.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 91.5%
KEV: Not listed

References (22)

cve@mitreftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-015.0.txt
cve@mitrehttp://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/apcupsd/apcupsd/src/apcnisd.c.diff?r1=1.5&r2=1.6
cve@mitrehttp://hsj.shadowpenguin.org/misc/apcupsd_exp.txt
cve@mitrehttp://securitytracker.com/id?1006108
cve@mitrehttp://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=137900
cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-277
cve@mitrehttp://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11334.php
cve@mitrehttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:018
cve@mitrehttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_022_apcupsd.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6828
cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7200
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-015.0.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/apcupsd/apcupsd/src/apcnisd.c.diff?r1=1.5&r2=1.6
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://hsj.shadowpenguin.org/misc/apcupsd_exp.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1006108

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