High severity · published May 23, 2018
CVE-2018-1122
procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation in top
7.0
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation in top. If a user runs top with HOME unset in an attacker-controlled directory, the attacker could achieve privilege escalation by exploiting one of several vulnerabilities in the config_file() function.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 70% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
PR
Procps-ng · Procps-ng Project
before 3.3.15 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 16.04; 17.10; 18.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1122
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1122
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.html
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2189
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0595
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