APC PowerChute 6.0/7.1 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in APC PowerChute 6.0/7.1. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation causes denial of service. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-2046. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in APC PowerChute 6.0/7.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unknown vulnerability in APC PowerChute Business Edition 6.0 through 7.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown attack vectors.

The bug was discovered 07/21/2004. The weakness was shared 07/22/2004 by Qualys Security Research Team with Qualys Security Research Team (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at nam-en.apc.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-2046 since 05/04/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38295 (APC PowerChute Business Edition Denial of Service Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16767), SecurityFocus (BID 10777†), OSVDB (8187†), Secunia (SA12124†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1010745†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

• APC

Name

• PowerChute

Version

• 6.0
• 7.1

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/21/2004 🔍
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07/22/2004 +1 days 🔍
07/22/2004 +0 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +161 days 🔍
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05/04/2005 +124 days 🔍
12/20/2006 +595 days 🔍
03/09/2015 +3001 days 🔍
07/06/2025 +3772 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: nam-en.apc.com
Researcher: Qualys Security Research Team
Organization: Qualys Security Research Team
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-2046 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2046
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22999
X-Force: 16767
SecurityFocus: 10777 - APC PowerChute Business Edition Unspecified Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 12124
OSVDB: 8187 - APC PowerChute Unspecified DoS
SecurityTracker: 1010745
Vulnerability Center: 13430 - APC PowerChute Unknown DoS Attack, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/09/2015 15:52
Updated: 07/06/2025 12:52
Changes: 03/09/2015 15:52 (62), 07/12/2019 10:44 (6), 07/06/2025 12:52 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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