7.3
High
CVE-2018-1122 procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation in top
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 products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| procps-ng, procps | Versions not published |
Other CVEs of procps-ng, procps
The 5 CVEs of procps-ng, procps →
CVE-2018-1121
procps-ng, procps is vulnerable to a process hiding through race condition
3.9
Low
CVE-2018-1123
procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to a denial of service in ps via mmap buffer overflow
3.9
Low
CVE-2018-1125
procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to a stack buffer overflow in pgrep
4.4
Medium
CVE-2018-1126
procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to an incorrect integer size in proc/alloc.* leading to truncation/integer…
4.8
Medium