CVE-2018-1122 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in procps-ng versions prior to 3.3.15, specifically within the 'top' utility. This flaw affects various Linux distributions including Canonical Ubuntu and Debian, allowing an attacker to gain elevated privileges if a user executes 'top' with the HOME environment variable unset in a malicious directory. The vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.0 (HIGH), indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a low attack complexity requiring local access and low privileges. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-44806) exists, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.3.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:procps-ng_project:procps-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
17.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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