CVE-2018-1122
procps - security update
7.0
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.25%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-1122
To remediate CVE-2018-1122, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2:3.3.15-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1:3.3.3-3+deb7u1 or later
- —upgrade to 2:3.3.9-9+deb8u1 or later
Is CVE-2018-1122 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2:3.3.15-1
- from 0, < 1:3.3.3-3+deb7u1
- from 0, < 2:3.3.9-9+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |