CVE-2018-1122
HIGH7.0EPSS 0.25%procps - security update
Published: 5/23/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
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 packages (3)
- Debian/procpsfrom 0, < 2:3.3.15-1
- Debian/procpsfrom 0, < 1:3.3.3-3+deb7u1
- Debian/procpsfrom 0, < 2:3.3.9-9+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |