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CVE-2018-1122

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…

High7.3EPSS 1.2%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
redhat

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.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2018-1122, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
redhatCNA (assigner)3.0High7.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVDNVD · Modified3.0High7.0CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
1.2% · top 31% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.

Weakness

Affected products

  • [UNKNOWN] · procps-ng, procps

    • affected procps-ng 3.3.15

References (14)

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Record last updated .