CVE-2018-1122

2018-05-1700:00:00

ubuntu.com

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

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

9.4%

JSON

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.

Bugs

<https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=899170>

Notes

Author	Note
mdeslaur	[PATCH 097/117] top: Do not default to the cwd in configs_read().
leosilva	for precise/esm code request a POC test, and a huge backport.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu17.10noarchprocps< 2:3.3.12-1ubuntu2.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu18.04noarchprocps< 2:3.3.12-3ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchprocps< 1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2.3UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchprocps< 2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2.4UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	17.10	noarch	procps	< 2:3.3.12-1ubuntu2.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	procps	< 2:3.3.12-3ubuntu1.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	procps	< 1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2.3	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	procps	< 2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2.4	UNKNOWN