CVE-2018-1122
procps-ng Local Privilege Escalation
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.
INFO
Published Date :
May 23, 2018, 2:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.3
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2018-1122 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
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CVE-2018-1122 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 25, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0595 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 27, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 26, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 09, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-829 -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-264 NVD-CWE-noinfo -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 06, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2189 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 27, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-3/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-3/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-14 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-14 Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *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:*:*:* OR *cpe: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:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 21, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-14 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 17, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-3/ [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 22, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt No Types Assigned https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1122 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1122 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-264 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:procps-ng_project:procps-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.3.15 Added CPE Configuration OR *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:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 02, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 25, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-1122 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-1122
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
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0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.08236
percentile