CVE-2018-1122
[UNKNOWN] procps-ng, procps
HIGH 7.3
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 1.27 % · percentile 70 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Modified
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-829 — Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
References
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-14
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-3/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1122
- https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2189
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0595
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.0 | HIGH 7.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | redhat |
| CVSS 3.0 | HIGH 7.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.0 | HIGH 7.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2018-11766
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2018-1122
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2022-AVI-267 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Juniper Networks Junos Space · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:procps-ng_project:procps-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 3.3.15cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| [UNKNOWN] · procps-ng, procps | affected procps-ng 3.3.15 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |