High severity7.3NVD Advisory· Published May 23, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-1122
CVE-2018-1122
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.
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Affected products
24- osv-coords23 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/procps&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/procps&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/procps&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/procps&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207
< 3.3.15-lp150.5.3.1+ 22 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.15-lp150.5.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.15-lp151.6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.17-5.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.15-7.7.26
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.15-7.7.26
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.7-152.31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.7-152.31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.9-11.18.1
Patches
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References
14- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txtnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-14nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3658-3/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.htmlnvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2189nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0595nvd
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