CVE-2018-1122 EXPLOIT
7.3
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 1.3% (pctl 69)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.3 (HIGH, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 1.27% — more likely to be exploited than 69% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-829 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2018-05-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| debian | debian linux |
| procps-ng project | procps-ng |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Procps-ng - Multiple Vulnerabilities | 2018-05-30 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2189
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0595
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1122
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-14
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-3/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/
- https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2189
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0595
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