7.8
HIGH
CVE-2018-1124
procps-ng Heap Corruption Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to multiple integer overflows leading to a heap corruption in file2strvec function. This allows a privilege escalation for a local attacker who can create entries in procfs by starting processes, which could result in crashes or arbitrary code execution in proc utilities run by other users.

INFO

Published Date :

May 23, 2018, 1:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:59 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-1124 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_server
4 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Opensuse leap
1 Schneider-electric struxureware_data_center_expert
1 Procps-ng_project procps-ng
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-1124.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041057 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1700 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1777 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1820 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2267 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2268 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1944 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2401 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1124 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0 Third Party Advisory
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10241 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.html Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-14 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208 Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041057 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1700 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1777 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1820 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2267 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2268 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1944 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2401 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1124 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0 Third Party Advisory
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10241 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.html Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-14 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208 Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt Exploit Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-1124 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-1124 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.html
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041057
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1700
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1777
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1820
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2267
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2268
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1944
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2401
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1124
    Added Reference https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0
    Added Reference https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10241
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.html
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-14
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-2/
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/
    Added Reference https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 09, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1944 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1944 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2401 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2401 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-787
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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-190
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-122
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 07, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2401 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 30, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1944 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0 No Types Assigned https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2267 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2267 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2268 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2268 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
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:struxureware_data_center_expert:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 7.6.0
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0 [No Types Assigned]
  • 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]

    Jul. 28, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2268 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2267 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 22, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/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://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-2/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-2/ 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1820 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1820 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10241 No Types Assigned https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10241 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 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041057 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041057 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1700 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1700 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1777 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1777 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/ 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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1124 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1124 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-190
    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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10241 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041057 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1820 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 07, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-2/ [No Types Assigned]
  • 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]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1777 [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 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1700 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-1124 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-1124 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.08 }} 0.03%

score

0.34604

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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