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CVE-2018-1122

HIGH
Published 2018-05-23T14:00:00
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CVSS Score

V3.0
7.3
/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.004
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.4% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.596
Higher than 59.6% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

[UNKNOWN]

procps-ng, procps

Affected Versions:

procps-ng 3.3.15

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-mphr-mvhq-p32f

Advisory Details

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 Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1122
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2189
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0595
WEB https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1122
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.html
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-14
WEB https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1
WEB https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-3
WEB https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208
WEB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806
WEB https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt
WEB http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.html
WEB http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.html
WEB http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: May 13, 2022

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-14
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-3/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1122
https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2189
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0595
Published: 2018-05-23T14:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T03:51:48.790Z
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