VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-1122
procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation in top.
HIGH 7.0EPSS 1.30%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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
- 1.30% probability · 69th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-829
- Affected
- procps-ng project/procps-ng · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
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. Refreshed daily.