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    CVE-2018-1122

    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.

    Published:May 17, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:May 23, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.00324
    CVSS Score:7.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Procps-ng Project
    Product
    Procps-ng
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Ansible Tower
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Aus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel E4s
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Tus

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txthttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txthttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806

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    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
    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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High