CVE-2018-1122
procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation in top.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.3%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.27% probability · 70th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 30 May 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-829
- Affected
- procps-ng project/procps-ng · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 1.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
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/q2/122Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- 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-2018-1122Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-14Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-3/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
- 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/q2/122Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- 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-2018-1122Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-14Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-3/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.