CVE-2018-1122

HIGH
7.3
CVSS Score
Published: May 23, 2018 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:50 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxProcps Ng

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Severity
HIGH7.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 3.3.153.3.15
Affected range stops below 3.3.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (14)

CVSS

7.3HIGHredhat
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-829NVD-CWE-noinfo

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