VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-1122

CVSS score7.3 HIGH
EPSS probability1.27%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-05-23
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-829: Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

Primary references