UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1122

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1122

    Published: 17 May 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-1122

    Summary:

    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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1122, https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3658-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3658-3, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1122

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: procps

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/procps@1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2.3?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2.3

    Affected versions

    1:3.3.3-2ubuntu7
    1:3.3.3-2ubuntu8
    1:3.3.8-2ubuntu1
    1:3.3.8-2ubuntu3
    1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2
    1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2.1
    1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2.2

    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