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CVE-2018-1122

Published: 17 May 2018

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
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.

Priority

Medium

CVSS 3 base score: 7.0

Status

Package Release Status
procps
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful
Released (2:3.3.12-1ubuntu2.1)
bionic
Released (2:3.3.12-3ubuntu1.1)
precise
Released (1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6.6)
trusty
Released (1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2.3)
upstream
Released (3.3.15)
xenial
Released (2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2.4)
Patches:
upstream: https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/commit/b45c4803dd176f4e3f9d3d47421ddec9bbbe66cd