CVE-2018-1122
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2018-1122 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2018-05-23 14:29:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 12.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 17.10 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 12.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 17.10 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 9.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 9.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Procps-ng Project | Procps-ng | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Procps-ng Project | Procps-ng | All | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| [security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2376-1: important: Security update | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | |
| www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt | MISC | www.qualys.com | Exploit, Third Party Advisory |
| Bug 1575466 – CVE-2018-1122 procps-ng, procps: Local privilege escalation in top | CONFIRM | bugzilla.redhat.com | Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4208-1 procps | DEBIAN | www.debian.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Procps-ng Procps Multiple Security Vulnerabilities | BID | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| [SECURITY] [DLA 1390-1] procps security update | MLIST | lists.debian.org | Third Party Advisory |
| USN-3658-3: procps-ng vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | UBUNTU | usn.ubuntu.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | REDHAT | access.redhat.com | |
| oss-sec: Qualys Security Advisory - Procps-ng Audit Report | MLIST | seclists.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Procps-ng - Multiple Vulnerabilities - Linux local Exploit | EXPLOIT-DB | www.exploit-db.com | Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| USN-3658-1: procps-ng vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu | UBUNTU | usn.ubuntu.com | Third Party Advisory |
| procps: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201805-14) — Gentoo security | GENTOO | security.gentoo.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | REDHAT | access.redhat.com | |
| [security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2379-1: important: Security update | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 296077 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 18.4.0 Missing (CPUJAN2020)
- 375932 F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager (ASM), Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Access Policy Manager (APM) procps-ng Vulnerability (K00409335)
- 377279 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for procps-ng (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0089)