Privilege escalation

2018-05-2314:29:00

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7 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

7.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

4.4 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

8.3%

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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.

CPENameOperatorVersion
ubuntu_linuxeq16.04
ubuntu_linuxeq14.04
ubuntu_linuxeq12.04
ubuntu_linuxeq17.10
ubuntu_linuxeq18.04
debian_linuxeq8.0
debian_linuxeq7.0
debian_linuxeq9.0
procps-nglt3.3.15

Name	Operator	Version
ubuntu_linux	eq	16.04
ubuntu_linux	eq	14.04
ubuntu_linux	eq	12.04
ubuntu_linux	eq	17.10
ubuntu_linux	eq	18.04
debian_linux	eq	8.0
debian_linux	eq	7.0
debian_linux	eq	9.0
procps-ng	lt	3.3.15