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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

2018-05-23T14:29:00.217

Last Modified

2024-11-21T03:59:13.633

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-829
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-noinfo
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application procps-ng_project procps-ng < 3.3.15 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 17.10 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 7.0 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 8.0 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 9.0 Yes
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