CVE-2018-1122 HIGH

CVE-2018-1122

Vendor [Unknown]
Product procps-ng, procps
Weakness CWE-829 · Inclusion from untrusted sphere
Published May 23, 2018
Last update August 5, 2024

CVSS base score

7.3/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 23, 2018 CVE published
August 5, 2024 Record updated