CVE-2018-1122

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.
References
Link Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2189
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0595
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1122 Issue Tracking 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/3658-3/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208 Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/ Exploit 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
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2189
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0595
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1122 Issue Tracking 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/3658-3/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208 Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt Exploit Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:procps-ng_project:procps-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

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:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 03:59

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.html - () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.html -
References () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.html - () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.html -
References () http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2189 - () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2189 -
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0595 - () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0595 -
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1122 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1122 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.html - Third Party Advisory () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.html - Third Party Advisory
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-14 - Third Party Advisory () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-14 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/ - Third Party Advisory () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/ - Third Party Advisory
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-3/ - Third Party Advisory () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-3/ - Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208 - Third Party Advisory () https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt - Exploit, Third Party Advisory () https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVSS v2 : 4.4
v3 : 7.0
v2 : 4.4
v3 : 7.3

Information

Published : 2018-05-23 14:29

Updated : 2024-11-21 03:59


NVD link : CVE-2018-1122

Mitre link : CVE-2018-1122

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-1122


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Products Affected

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

procps-ng_project

  • procps-ng

debian

  • debian_linux
CWE
CWE-829

Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

NVD-CWE-noinfo